In reply to Sarah Gooding.

I hear you Sarah, I use to run a blog I know how hard it is to cover everyone and I didn't mean anything personal against anyone who was featured.

It was just disappointing to see that all the new featured themes are people or companies with close ties to Audrey Capital, and Automattic. Doesn't exactly send the right message to the rest of the community especially when you consider all the controversy that ended the theme review contest.

My main concern is what exactly is the criteria to be featured now?

Last month I was told commercial themes would no longer be featured, yet this month several commercial theme shops who are new to WordPress.org have been featured.

It is confusing to say the least, and this months collection of themes has a clear bias.