I’ll keep your suggestion in my mind when I design new themes.

I’m too lazy to retype the whole thing but in a gist, I said that I was not offended but only pointed out that paragraph because forcing users to do something they would not want to does not work in the Internet world.

Users always can use another theme but the point of releasing your own theme is that users use this one than another. Forcing them to upgrade might not entice them enough especially when they have resisted despite improvements in security and features.

I meant no offence either and was just trying to help.

One is always free to use another theme, in that case. I didn’t force them to download and use the theme, neither did I write that my theme just won’t work if they don’t upgrade to the latest WordPress release. There isn’t really anything special in the theme that will not let people use it on old WP releases.

When I design a theme, I focus on widgets. A minor change in the sidebar makes the theme look incomplete if they don’t have a WordPress installation that supports widgets.

Anyway, thanks for taking the time to leave a comment! :) I’ve tried to respect your concern and removed the paragraph that might have offended other people like you.

Forcing users to do as you wish to do is not a nice thing. No one likes to be forced to follow someone else’s opinion. Advice is fine but force is imo bad.