By the sounds of it, your custom theme is missing the common hooks that allow plugins to alter/output their code.
To take a simple example, every theme should have a call to wp_head() somewhere in the section of the output page. This allows a plugin to “hook” into your , and for example, output code to load its Javascript.
Here’s a real-life example. The WordPress Twentyfifteen theme has this in its header.php file (traditionally the part of a theme that outputs the section of any page):
... other <head> stuff
wp_head();
wp_footer();
?>
</head>
Related Posts:
- Sizing screenshot.png without losing aspect ratio
- Do I actually need to link my theme’s style.css in the theme files
- CSS classes for theme
- Should `get_template_directory_uri()` be escaped?
- My child theme doesn’t work Error: “The parent theme is missing. Please install your parent theme”
- Page template in two level deep folder
- Theme file for all pages that are a child of a specific page
- Child Theme not loading parent CSS
- Where do I find the functions triggered within a hook?
- Use of undefined constant FS_CHMOD_DIR – assumed ‘FS_CHMOD_DIR’
- How to show next Post Thumbnail image in WordPress using current post id
- First post of each category
- index.php is not loaded for single posts
- Why use while over if in single wordpress posts?
- WordPress website loads but is not displayed until page scrolled
- Create a theme by combining a parent and a child theme
- Theme Customizer not loading
- How to add oEmbed support to my theme?
- Is it a good idea to make whole theme widgetized?
- Single Theme folder for Multiple WordPress
- How Can I Create a List of Values to Be Iterated Through via WordPress Customization API?
- Cutomize Colors utility: How to add more configurable colors to a theme
- Where is definied the theme location for the main menu in a WordPress template?
- If I build a custom theme, will it update?
- Recommended tools for Theme Development with SASS [closed]
- What tags should be used for themes to show the type of layout?
- How to disable automatic colors in the Twenty Twenty theme?
- What are non-printable characters doing in my theme?
- Gutenberg – editor-font-sizes in functions not working
- WordPress post arrangement using post_class
- Customize the previous_post_link output
- How to use get_template_part instead of include_once?
- How to remove comment link title attribute?
- How can I let templates choose which stylesheets are enqueued?
- wp-cli: For development, how can I activate a theme that is on the local disk but not zipped?
- Lightweight framework [closed]
- How to edit my theme for full width?
- loading blank white screen of slide
- Child Theme’s style.css not loading in mobile browser
- Echo all category names, apart from one
- How to Find the Page the Front Page is Using?
- Customizer – loading settings/controls/sections/panels based on a id/page id
- Overrite parent functions using child functions
- Does code in function.php differ from theme to theme
- 3 Level Deep Navigation Menu Not Showing All Levels
- How can I change the theme of different posts using a plugin?
- How to Have a Pure HTML Sub Directory In WP Site
- Theming Using Bootstrap Glyphicons and WordPress Dashicons
- featured content: which area does this cover [closed]
- WordPress page/blog incorporated into static website
- Random white space before doctype
- How to add menù section to my WordPress template?
- What are the critical theme files when building a custom theme?
- Having issue with WordPress wp_enqueue_style
- Starting point for custom Themes [closed]
- Theme Development -> Specific Homepage
- Which cache is kicking
- Customizer: get_preview_url() inside customize_save_after hook
- Is there a way to switch to another theme?
- New to WordPress – Read the Codex, Other Docs; Still Confused
- How add built-in textarea in theme development?
- Filter didn’t work on content class (hybrid_post_attributes)
- When trying to set title, not sure how to edit it for different pages
- Post archives link yields a 404 Not Found
- static front page ONLY for certain themes?
- How to add cropped custom header image?
- WordPress Themes Directory: Template which hits the standards?
- How to change a local wordpress installation xml export file urls? and change them to what if you don’t have a live website?
- Any way to change/add to the theme name dynamically?
- Trying to link to a php template file but its blank
- Let user to upload multiple time
- Theme author.php transfer
- Custom Enfold theme tab layout not compatible with WPML
- Different WP Rest API custom endpoints across different themes
- How to test another theme in a live WordPress website instead of live preview?
- WordPress uploads do not show up and I see the white screen of death in some cases
- register_theme_directory() sees custom themes directory, but blank frontend
- Can’t upload images on new theme
- Any way to permanently translate themes?
- How to create multiple pages in a client theme?
- Using Customizer value in an external PHP file inside a theme
- Primary Menu Showing All Pages With No Sub-Nav
- Theme Development : License help
- Why the slideshow is not shown in my theme?
- Theme customizer live preview JS- Trying to bind to an html image url without luck
- Displaying Tags for the Page I’m On?
- How to make navigation a list without a plugin? [duplicate]
- Showcase your wordpress themes [closed]
- What is The Best Way to Make Parallax header effect for wordpress theme ?? pure CSS or using JavaScript? [closed]
- Purchased Theme to Custom Made Theme? [closed]
- How to make website with many template that active [closed]
- Image Size wrong during upload
- How to create full header but keep content narrow
- How do I add new layout width options in WordPress editor?
- How to show associated fields if checkbox is checked in customize widget screen using wp_customize?
- Dynamic nav menu with icons [closed]
- How do I send out an update for my custom wordpress theme?
- TItle In Latest Post is not using H1 Tag [closed]
- Is via.placeholder.com a good site to auto-generate placeholder images?
- Should we escape the values of constants?