Comments on: Transparency Report #19 – Our Most Popular Free Theme (Zerif Lite) Suspended From WordPress.org

By: Sabina Ionescu

Sabina Ionescu — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 11:06:00 +0000

You are right.
Zerif Lite is live and kicking in the most popular themes page WP.org 🙂

By: Seo Sem

Seo Sem — Fri, 31 Mar 2017 16:18:00 +0000

No making the rules retroactive? Your theme’s JS and CSS are so heavy that it takes sites a long time to load above the fold (even your sample theme is slow)– making it not as mobile friendly as it was intent to. In other words, your theme is too old.
Not to mention the declined on search ranking and high bounce rates the theme is now causing to users due to updates on google rules and increase on mobile use. You guys should fix the scrip loading issue, or stop the theme all together and not let new users fail into believing that their theme is going to help them on their mobile/google success.

By: Thomas Madigan

Thomas Madigan — Fri, 31 Mar 2017 16:17:00 +0000

No making the rules retroactive?! Your theme’s JS and CSS are so heavy that it takes sites a long time to lead above the fold, making it not as mobile friendly as it was intent to.
Not to mention the declined on search ranking and high bounce rates. You guys should fix the scrip loading issue, or stop the theme all together and not let new users fail into believing that their theme is going to help them on their mobile/google success.

By: Robtamarindo

Robtamarindo — Fri, 31 Mar 2017 16:15:00 +0000

No making the rules retroactive? Your theme’s JS and CSS are so heavy that it takes sites a long time to lead above the fold, making it not as mobile friendly as it was intent to. Not to mention the declined on search ranking and high bounce rates. You guys should fix the scrip loading issue, or stop the theme all together and not let new users fail into believing that their theme is going to help them on their mobile/google success.

By: Ionut Neagu

Ionut Neagu — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 20:35:00 +0000

In reply to Issa Bacsa.

Hey Issa,
For you as a user nothing change after you either update the theme from our site or add the transition plugin, is not that the theme is no longer supported by wp, is just that the theme won’t be listed in the official repository.
Thanks!

By: Issa Bacsa

Issa Bacsa — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 23:43:00 +0000

While I was browsing WP themes, I found out that Zerif Lite is no longer in the selection. I saw this article and realized that the theme I’m using was suspended for reasons only developers and WP people know. I’m not a web developer, but I’ve used Zerif Lite since 2015 and still using it on my personal website. What I like about this theme is I can customize it the way I like it and I’m satisfied with the results. What will be the implication of this suspension for us end-users? I remembered updating the theme a few weeks back then this. Is there an alternative theme in case Zerif Lite is no longer supported by WP? Thanks!

By: Alvin Konda

Alvin Konda — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 22:12:00 +0000

Great article… in fact i was surprised to learned that my theme needed 6 months to be reviewed from WP repo… however the fact that they are very strict about their rules is a good thing.
What i have chossen is that i will sell my themes from my website and well… make my own rules!

By: Ionut Neagu

Ionut Neagu — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 10:32:00 +0000

In reply to Skip Andrews. Thank you for your nice words and support!