Custom Taxonomy Template Variables Available?
I found the answer I was looking for as this: $sport_slug = get_query_var(‘term’);
template-hierarchy
How to determine top level template file in functions.php? [duplicate]
You can check for the single page by using is_single() function. https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/is_single/ As for index page, I am not 100% sure but is_home() may be the one. https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/is_home
Template files not working for archives and categories
I do not understand your question very much, but if it is a category the template file should be named for taxonomy-category-news.php or taxonomy-category_news.php
Which page is referring to *all posts by author*?
please refer to the codex: http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy#Author_display however, your problem is caused by a conflict of the .author class output by the body_class() and this existing style in custom.css: .author { float: left; margin-top: -3px; width: 219px; background: #E7ECEF; border-right: 1px solid #D6DFDC; height: 41px; cursor: pointer; } check why this style is added there in … Read more
404 on child page template
If you’re working with custom post types and keep getting 404 errors, you often just need to re-save your site’s permalinks under Settings > Permalinks. Try that and let me know if it works.
How can I sort posts ascending by post title for a specific post type, but on a category archive template?
You can use pre_get_posts to hook in and change the query. The argument passed to pre_get_posts is the query object. It fires for every query, so you need to check some things first. Quick example (not-tested) — change the order on only the video type’s post type archive page. <?php add_action(‘pre_get_posts’, ‘wpse73991_change_order’); function wpse73991_change_order($q) { … Read more
How to modify/ customise NextGen Gallery’s templates? [closed]
One can do that by copying imagebrowser.php from /wp-content/plugins/nextgen-gallery/view/ to yourthemedirectory/nggallery.php If you want to customise other templates, you can do the same too. Some more information can also be found here.
WordPress doesn’t respect the template hierarchy?
There’s no such thing as a taxonomy archive. There is a taxonomy term archive, but no taxonomy archive. E.g. this URL makes no sense in the current system: example.com/category/ But this does: example.com/category/uncategorised/
CPT Template Not Showing – Getting 404
Always flush the rewrite rules when you register a new public post type or taxonomy. Otherwise the internal rewrite rules will not take that into account when an URL is mapped to a query. You can automate that process by hooking into registered_post_type and registered_taxonomy. Below is the updated code, based on feedback from comments … Read more
List a custom taxonomy’s terms, with links, on the taxonomy page
Read more carefully about register_taxonomy, you will notice that you forgot a rewrite argument, that anables pretty links (rewrites + links generation) for your taxonomy. As for listing taxonomies you can use wp_list_categories or any other alternatives.