Quote from The C++ standard library: a tutorial and handbook: The only portable way of using templates at the moment is to implement them in header files by using inline functions. Why is this? (Clarification: header files are not the only portable solution. But they are the most convenient portable solution.) 1 17 Caveat: It … Read more
I would like to query only pages with a certain page template with WP_Query or a function that would return the post object, but I can’t find any information about that on the official codex. 5 UPDATE: This is now a decade old answer, meant for a very old version of WordPress. I can see … Read more
My favorite part of the WordPress template hierarchy is the ability to quickly create template files for pages by slug, without having to edit the page in WordPress to select a template. We can currently do this: page-{slug}.php But I would like to be able to do this: single-{post_type}-{slug}.php So that, for example, in a … Read more
I want to know if it’s possible to get the ID of a page with a specific template. Is this possible to get the ID of a page that assigned to “page-special.php”? 5 When a page is created, the assigned template to that page is saved as custom post meta in the same way as … Read more
Im using a custom filter to change the fields, but can´t figure out how to change the order of the fields in the comment form. Desired order: comment field (first/top) name email website This is the code which I am currently using: function alter_comment_form_fields($fields){ $fields[‘comments’] = ‘Test’; $fields[‘author’] = ‘<p class=”comment-form-author”>’ . ‘<label for=”author”>’ . … Read more
I’ve got some problems with templates in WordPress (multisite). I’ve created a file in the root of my child-theme folder (template-test.php) <?php /** * Template Name: Test template * */ ?> <?php get_header(); ?> <?php get_footer(); ?> This template is not showing up in the templates dropdown when creating a new page, or editing an … Read more
It seems like stupid question. But, I can’t figure it out :(. I need to display button at home that goes to custom post_type’s archive URL (archive-{post_type}.php). How do I do that? 2 Hi @Silent: Turns out there is a function in WordPress 3.1 that does exactly what you want and it is named get_post_type_archive_link(); … Read more
I’m wondering if there is any way to use get_template_part() with folders? My main folder has a lot of files now because I put every re-usable element in a separate file. I’d like to put them in folders then. There is no information about that in Codex: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_template_part 3 In fact you can, I have … Read more
I see the following code a lot in index.php files. I understand that is_front_page() returns true when viewing the Site Front Page (whether displaying the blog posts index or a static page), while is_home() returns true when viewing the Blog Posts Index (whether displayed on the front page or on a static page). I am … Read more
I’m using the following template code to display attachment links: $args = array( ‘post_type’ => ‘attachment’, ‘numberposts’ => -1, ‘post_status’ => null, ‘post_parent’ => $main_post_id ); $attachments = get_posts($args); foreach ($attachments as $attachment) { the_attachment_link($attachment->ID, false); } but after the link I need to display the file’s size. How can I do this? I’m guessing … Read more
