The question was about how to use a template that is not in the theme’s folder, but in a plugin’s folder. The template needs to be used for a specific page. The need for the answer doesn’t matter. There is a need; how do I do it? And the answer is to use the template_include … Read more
The easiest & most sensible way I can think of, if you want the theme and plugin to be as independent as possible, is to copy the custom page template files from your plugin’s directory to the current theme directory when the plugin is activated, and delete them when the plugin is deactivated, using register_activation_hook() … Read more
If this is what you want: … you can do it like so: Step #1: Add the custom menu item (Retailer Sendout). function add_retailer_sendout_admin_menu() { $slug = ‘edit.php?post_type=page&template=page-retailer-sendout.php’; add_menu_page( ‘Retailer Sendout’, ‘Retailer Sendout’, ‘edit_pages’, $slug, ”, ‘dashicons-admin-page’, 19 ); } add_action( ‘admin_menu’, ‘add_retailer_sendout_admin_menu’ ); Notes: I’m using add_menu_page() to add the menu (which is a … Read more
WordPress has a simpler function for what you’re trying to do, add_rewrite_endpoint. Additionally, the filter for a single post template is single_template, page_template fires on the page post type. function wpd_detail_endpoint(){ add_rewrite_endpoint( ‘detail’, EP_PERMALINK ); } add_action( ‘init’, ‘wpd_detail_endpoint’ ); function wpd_detail_template( $template=”” ) { global $wp_query; if( ! array_key_exists( ‘detail’, $wp_query->query_vars ) ) return … Read more
One way you can do that is by adding a filter to the hook {$type}_template. Sample code: function my_plugin_custom_template( $template, $type ) { switch ( $type ) { case ‘page’: $template=”/path/to/custom-page-template”; break; case ‘single’: $template=”/path/to/custom-single-template”; break; } return $template; } add_filter( ‘page_template’, ‘my_plugin_custom_template’, 10, 2 ); // Filter for page.php add_filter( ‘single_template’, ‘my_plugin_custom_template’, 10, 2 … Read more
The issue is that you limit query to the two possible posts, but by default it will ignore the future one (since that’s the point of it not being published yet). Also the ID order is not guaranteed to be same as date order. ID is reserved when post is first created but date it … Read more
This is possible with javascript using the wp.data api. You can see this work in the console, by replacing the template name as needed: wp.data.dispatch(‘core/editor’).editPost( {template: “templates/blank.php”} ) You would just need to run that at some point after the editor sidebar components have loaded in a check to see if the page template has … Read more
This is what I do for paging. I hope it helps you get on the right track, it may be overkill for what you are trying to do… First I set $paged: $paged = ( get_query_var( ‘paged’ ) ) ? get_query_var( ‘paged’ ) : 1; Then build your $args array, make sure to call in: … Read more
I think I have a workable solution on what I was trying to do. This works but is there a better way? Also are there any implications I should be aware of when using $_GET? Didn’t realize it would be this easy 🙂 perhaps I’m missing something. <?php $view = $_GET[“view”]; ?> Then if the … Read more
Dump the constant MY_CUSTOM_POST_TYPE use the $post->post_type instead. /** * Register the meta box */ add_action(‘add_meta_boxes’, ‘page_templates_dropdown_metabox’); function page_templates_dropdown_metabox(){ global $post; add_meta_box( $post->post_type.’-page-template’, __(‘Template’, ‘my_template’), ‘render_page_template_dropdown_metabox’, $post->post_type, ‘side’, #I prefer placement under the post actions meta box ‘low’ ); } /** * Render your metabox – This code is similar to what is rendered on … Read more