You misunderstand what page_template does. It does not create a new template that you will “show up” somewhere and that you can use. It replaces the page.php template provided by the theme. I think that what you want is template_redirect: function custom_page_template( $page_template ) { if (is_home()) { get_header(); echo ‘do stuff’; get_footer(); } } … Read more
It should work <?php $my_postid = 1772;//This is page id or post id $content_post = get_post($my_postid); $content = $content_post->post_content; $content = apply_filters(‘the_content’, $content); $content = str_replace(‘]]>’, ‘]]>’, $content); echo $content; ?>
You could do this exchanging each page name for the page you want to use. I just tested and it seems to work. I’m sure there are downsides (speed for one). <?php /** * Template Name: OnePager */ <?php get_header(); ?> <!– Page One – How it Works –> <section id=”section1″> <div class=”container”> <div class=”col-sm-12″> … Read more
You can use wp_get_referer(); to get a URL of previous page from where user came. Then get the last slug part of the URL. Then compare if the slug matches with slug of your custom search-result page template. Then you can decide whether to show or not to show ‘Back to search results’ link. Please … Read more
I wrote this as a comment, but should have put it here. The problem was that my templates were in a folder in my theme called “templates” I found this out by doing: wp post meta list post_name=”post-name” and is showed that it is in the folder templates. Then I changed the above code to … Read more
Great question. As far as I can tell there isn’t a way to filter this list (there’s a long trac ticket about a proposal to, if you’re interested, and also related (but different) questions on this site here and here). Because there’s no filter, you may have to resort to doing it with jQuery. We … Read more
<? // Check: // 1. If you are editing post, CPT, or page // 2. If post type IS NOT SET if( ‘post.php’ == basename($_SERVER[‘REQUEST_URI’], ‘?’ . $_SERVER[‘QUERY_STRING’]) && !isset($_GET[‘post_type’]) ) { // get post ID $postid = $_GET[‘post’]; // check the template file name if (‘my_template.php’ == get_page_template_slug($postid) ) { // add your metabox … Read more
Certainly, as a first suggestion, to create custom templates, look to creating a child theme. There are many many tutorials and discussions on this. Second, I wonder if the new WordPress Twenty Seventeen theme fits the site structure you’re describing? http://2017.wordpress.net/
If you would like all Post Types to have template selection functionality, please update to WordPress version 4.7. Quoted from the codex page linked above: Page Templates for Post Types Add support for post type templates. Add support for post type templates. By opening up the page template functionality to all post types, theme developers … Read more
1- Is doing it by shortcodes a good way to go? Shortcodes! Why would you use shortcodes. You may have read about the WordPress before and this is great! But please provide the idea why? 2- If I put the code in the page template, is there a way a single template may be used … Read more