Your theme doesn’t necessarily include all these template files. It might just use index.php to serve the single page template as well as listings (category, date, author, tag, etc). The articles Theme Development and Template Hierarchy from the codex should get you on the right road with theme development. If you add a single.php file, … Read more
A hierarchical custom taxonomy works is the same exact way as would the build-in taxonomy category. On the other hand, non hierarchical taxonomies would work exactly like the build-in taxonomy post_tag You have to add terms to your taxonomy in the same way as you would add “categories” in the category screen back end. The … Read more
Templates in general have a strict naming convention according to the Template Hierarchy, regardless of sidebars included or not. WordPress uses template names according to this hierarchy to decide what template should be dished up for the specific page being viewed. Any template not following this naming conventions set out by the template hierarchy is … Read more
If you need to change the template used, you can use the template_include filter (change “itermediate-template.php” and “page.php” with correct file names of your template files): add_filter( ‘template_include’, ‘cyb_exclude_template_for_editors’, 99 ); function cyb_exclude_template_for_editors( $template ) { $user = wp_get_current_user(); if( in_array( “editor”, (array) $user->roles ) && is_page_template( “itermediate-template.php” ) ) { $new_template = locate_template( array( … Read more
By default WordPress adds lots of CSS classes in body tag automatically. These body classes are very useful for styling different sections/pages of site without needing to edit theme files unnecessarily. For example WordPress add home CSS class on website front page and blog class on blog posts index page. Similarly in your case, since … Read more
I think your problem has several solutions. If you don’t want to have one entry in WP database for each remote item, a possible solution could be to have a page with property slug and add a rewrite rule to get the ID number: add_action( ‘init’, ‘cyb_property_rewrite_rule’ ); function cyb_property_rewrite_rule() { add_rewrite_rule( ‘^property/([0-9]{1,})/?$’, ‘index.php?pagename=$matches[1]&remote_ID=$matches[2]’, ‘top’ … Read more
I actually link to the wrong post although this post should still help you. The actual post I wanted to link to was this one You should use this second link as a guide as there are some issues with your code, although not major. The biggest concern here is your repetition of code To … Read more
There is no build in template assigment for indivual standar posts from edit screen. But you can assign templates for individual posts. There are several options: Use WordPress template hierarchy system Under the root folder of your theme you can create this files: single.php for all single posts of any type. single-post.php, if this file … Read more
Since WP 3.4 page templates can be stored in theme root folder or direct sub-directoryr, that is no problem. But rename page templates, which include moving files to other directories, will unassign that page templates for all pages currently using it. To reassign the page template, simply edit the page, and reselect the desired template. … Read more
I think that the most important question here is, Does this functionality add functionality to my theme or to my site? Page templates in general are theme territory and in my opinion should stay in a theme. This does not mean any functionality on which a template depend should be in the theme as well. … Read more