Title: Use Theme Check for validating plugin code?
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Use Theme Check for validating plugin code?

 *  Resolved [jungalist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jungalist/)
 * (@jungalist)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-theme-check-for-validating-plugin-code/)
 * Is it possible to modify your plugin’s functionality for checking to make sure
   plugins are up to spec, not just themes?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/theme-check/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/theme-check/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-theme-check-for-validating-plugin-code/#post-5857638)
 * No, not even close. A theme is very specific as to the goals involved. Plugins
   can do just about anything. Very, very different.
 *  Thread Starter [jungalist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jungalist/)
 * (@jungalist)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-theme-check-for-validating-plugin-code/#post-5857642)
 * Ahh, I see. That makes sense. Thank you for the response.

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-theme-check-for-validating-plugin-code/#post-5857642)
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