theme-development

Auto get_header and get_footer on every template?

Looking at wp-includes/template-loader.php … there seems to be a way: if ( $template = apply_filters( ‘template_include’, $template ) ) include( $template ); You could hook into that filter, handle the including in a callback function and return FALSE. Sample code, not tested: add_filter( ‘template_include’, function( $template ) { get_header(); include $template; get_footer(); return FALSE; });

How to add a checkbox element to attachments editor with example

Set the ‘input’ to ‘html’ and write out the html for the input: function filter_attachment_fields_to_edit( $form_fields, $post ) { $foo = (bool) get_post_meta($post->ID, ‘foo’, true); $form_fields[‘foo’] = array( ‘label’ => ‘Is Foo’, ‘input’ => ‘html’, ‘html’ => ‘<label for=”attachments-‘.$post->ID.’-foo”> ‘. ‘<input type=”checkbox” id=”attachments-‘.$post->ID.’-foo” name=”attachments[‘.$post->ID.’][foo]” value=”1″‘.($foo ? ‘ checked=”checked”‘ : ”).’ /> Yes</label> ‘, ‘value’ => … Read more

My child theme doesn’t work Error: “The parent theme is missing. Please install your parent theme”

There are three things to check: Is your parent theme complete and what is the exact spelling of the parent theme’s name in its style.css. Uppercase and lowercase are important. Is the child theme directory named parentname-child. It should be in the themes directory, not in a subdirectory of the parent theme. Does the child … Read more

Are content.php and content-single.php the same?

No, content.php and content-single.php are not the same thing. In your example CODE: if (get_post_format() == false) { get_template_part(‘content’, ‘single’); } else { get_template_part(‘content’, get_post_format()); } WordPress will load content-single.php when get_post_format() is false. However, get_template_part( $slug, $name ) may still try to load content.php when you call it with get_template_part(‘content’, get_post_format()); in the following … Read more

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