[wp-forums] Requests and Feedback isn't How-To and Troubleshooting

[Jan Dembowski]

On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Chip Bennett wrote:

> [side note]
>
> Is it common practice for forum mods to suggest that users add filters and
> such to their Themes' functions.php files?
>

Hopefully not. ;) I'm fond of "Fix it with a plugin" myself but those
defined constants in that thread ought to be in wp-config.php (pretty sure
at least).


> User style modifications should always go into a Child Theme (and IMX
> that's usually the advice given).
>

*cough*Child theme all the things LIKE A BOSS!*COUGH!!*


> User functional modifications should go in a Site-Specific Plugin, and NOT
> in a Theme, Child Theme or otherwise, because those functional changes will
> be lost if/when the users switches their Theme.


Totally agree.

Thanks,

Jan Dembowski