Title: WordPress theme functionality
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# WordPress theme functionality

 *  [Lersz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lersz/)
 * (@lersz)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-theme-functionality/)
 * Hello. I’m new to WordPress.
 * Is it a common practice to integrate a WordPress plugin to e.g. a premium theme
   that is to be sold on the web, in a way that the user don’t have to activate 
   the plugin? If so, how it’s done? For example, if a theme takes use of common
   jQuery plugins such as Nivo and has some tabbed content functionality, are these
   sorts of things implemented without the use of ready WordPress plugins? Thanks.

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 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-theme-functionality/#post-2523374)
 * > Is it a common practice to integrate a WordPress plugin to e.g. a premium theme
   > that is to be sold on the web, in a way that the user don’t have to activate
   > the plugin?
   > …
   > are these sorts of things implemented without the use of ready WordPress plugins?
 * Common enough, but not normally from a plugin. Some themes add support for things
   like integrated Google Maps and wrote the short code functionality directly into
   the theme’s `functions.php`.
 * Bundling a plugin would work if you integrated the code into your theme’s `functions.
   php` file. But would be a challenge to keep that copy up-to-date so I don’t recommend
   that.
 * If it’s code you’ve written then you’ll maintain it. If it’s from a different
   author then easier to just add to the theme’s documentation or admin page notes
   like “This theme supports XYV plugin, please install a copy yourself.”
 *  Thread Starter [Lersz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lersz/)
 * (@lersz)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-theme-functionality/#post-2523387)
 * Thanks Jan, just the info I was looking for.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Lersz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lersz/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-theme-functionality/#post-2523387)
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