Yes, It's too long process of Theme Review. Nobody know ( Theme Author / Theme Reviewers ) the current process of Reviewed Theme. E.g. - How much reviewed by Theme Reviewer? - Which things are Reviewed? - What the percentage of Theme Reviewed? (10%, 30%, 50%, 96% etc.) If ( Theme Reviewer ) create any `CheckList` or `ToDo` list of known issues with `Canned Response` such as: ------------------------- # header.php 1. Required: Have a valid DOCTYPE declaration and include language_attributes. E.g. <html <?php language_attributes(); ?> > .. .. .. # footer.php .. .. .. Etc. ------------------------- Why This? Is this Useful / Useless? - I think Its useful for New Reviewer. Lots of things are common in each theme. If there is any predefined `ToDo list` / `CheckList` of known issues with `Canned Response` (It will be Google Sheet Or any other) then: - It's useful for Theme Author to fix the listed known issues. - It's useful for Theme Reviewer to updated the status of reviewed items. (YES/NO) - It's also useful for New Reviewer to know which things are reviewed. He/She will cross verify the reviewed items before approved it. ------------------------- MOST IMPOTENT: Reviewer could not approve the theme from reviewing just `ToDo list` or `CheckList`. - Reviewer need to check each file line by line. - Use developer plugins for review.
Reviewing themes is a great way to learn theme development and what not to do.
------------------------- I think (definitely) `Old Theme Reviewers` follow some common `steps` for any new theme review. Don't know is this write or wrong. Just share the things which I thought. -------------------------