Title: Theme Authenticity Checker (TAC)
Author: Ben Lobaugh (blobaugh)
Published: <strong>June 17, 2008</strong>
Last modified: June 5, 2017

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# tac

 By [Ben Lobaugh (blobaugh)](https://profiles.wordpress.org/blobaugh/)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tac/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tac/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tac/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tac/)

## Description

This plugin has been closed as of January 9, 2023 and is not available for download.
Reason: Guideline Violation.

## Reviews

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Currently broken but fixable](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/currently-broken-but-fixable/)󠁿

 [NJ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rgtbstbw45h54ty45y35/) October 9, 2019

This plugin needs updating on line 158 in order to get it to work. replace $themes
= get_themes() with $themes = wp_get_themes(); And you’re good to go. I find it 
odd that the menu item has been stuffed under the Appearance sub-menu, but as you’re
likely to uninstall this once you have tested your site it’s not a big issue. Also
it runs some very basic checks for code errors and bad urls. I wouldn’t recommend
using only this to check your theme files.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9688333295cc3903c3f0db452f70d2fda7842ef85624783b25d07c548f3687a4?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Doesn’t Work on Latest Version](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-work-on-latest-version/)󠁿

 [daltendo](https://profiles.wordpress.org/daltendo/) October 20, 2016 3 replies

I get a fatal error (posted in support thread) and am unable to use the plugin anymore.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/31eaf522bfa4ab0f9b8a4bd2a19ad2f9e45c4d27fd3fba3574294f51d97cf986?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Very helpful !](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-helpful-259/)󠁿

 [Jason Rouet](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jaz_on/) September 3, 2016

Easy to use, but very helpful I’m using it on every new project as a freelance theme
developer ! 🙂

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Thanks a lot!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thanks-a-lot-45/)󠁿

 [revixi5](https://profiles.wordpress.org/revixi5/) September 3, 2016

Works perfectly. Thanks for creating and sharing this usefull tool.

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Thank you for created this plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-good-plugin-526/)󠁿

 [Joseph Graham](https://profiles.wordpress.org/codifycode/) September 3, 2016

🙂 Please update

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Please add plugin support](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-add-plugin-support/)󠁿

 [Alberto Hornero](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hornero/) September 3, 2016

It works like a charm, but what I miss is a plugin checker. Please consider it. 
Thanks, Alberto.

 [ Read all 19 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tac/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Theme Authenticity Checker (TAC)” is open source software. The following people
have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Ben Lobaugh (blobaugh) ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/blobaugh/)
 *   [ builtBackwards ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/builtbackwards/)

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### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tac/), check out the
[SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/tac/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/tac/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/tac/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Meta

 *  Version **1.5.3**
 *  Last updated **9 years ago**
 *  Active installations **N/A**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.8.28**
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tac/advanced/)