Is it possible to list post attachments in a sub URL endpoint with a dedicated template?

I think I found it myself. Now I’ve successfully managed to add a /photos endpoint to a permalink URL, such as: http://mywordpressite.com/projects/a-project/photos And then a custom template, photos.php will load and show – with access to the global $post variable. Helpful links: http://codex.wordpress.org/Rewrite_API/add_rewrite_endpoint http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy In my functions.php I added functions for the single_template and query_vars … Read more

loop not displaying posts on custom template page

Make a copy of press.php and rename it to home.php. The page you selected “Press” to be the designated page for your posts in the dashboard under, Settings > Reading > Posts Page: [Press] …now falls under the control of the template hierarchy as listed by Milo. First WordPress will look for the existence of … Read more

Returning Variables back into a template

There’s filters for that. Example: add_filter( ‘template_filter’, ‘wpse_102706_filter_callback’, 10, 2 ); function wpse_102706_filter_callback( $defaults, $case ) { $args = wp_parse_args( array( ‘some_key’ => ‘some_modified_value’ ), $defaults ); return $args } Then in your template just add in the defaults: apply_filters( ‘template_filter’, array( ‘some_key’ => ‘default_val’ ), ‘single’ ); More info in Codex about the Plugins … Read more