Theme Authenticity Checker

Outside of the WordPress.org theme repository and the GPL commercial theme vendors, there are few spots where you can download a variety of themes which do not contain some sort of sponsorship or encrypted code. One site still cranking out great, quality free themes is Themelab run by Leland. However, in most of the theme release posts that are published on WeblogToolsCollection.com, the theme has to be downloaded from the authors website. We do not install and test every theme mentioned in these release posts. However, if you are worried about downloading a theme that contains malicious code or obfuscated code, this somewhat new tool called Theme Authenticity Checker may help you out. The Theme Authenticity Checker is a plugin that scans all of the files for all installed themes looking for links, malicious code, etc. Not all obfuscated code is bad but generally, it is not placed in a […]