I am starting to study Wordpress a bit deeper and i d like to know which way functions.php file is loaded so that every function is available everywhere in the theme files.
Or at least if you suggest me some source where to find this information.
Thank you
A function.php file:
Executes only when in the currently activated theme's directory.
Applies only to that theme. If the Theme is changed, the functionality is unused.
Requires no unique Header text.
Is stored with each Theme in the Theme's subdirectory in wp-content/themes.
Each theme has its own functions file, but only the functions.php in the active Theme affects how your site publicly displays. If your theme already has a functions file, you can add code to it. If not, you can create a plain-text file named functions.php to add to your theme's directory.
Source # https://codex.wordpress.org/Functions_File_Explained.
In short, the function.php file is a function wrapper. Each function is hooked to a specific action hook. These actions are called when a user opens a page (Server request).
You can get a better understanding of how action hook work by looking at the Plugin API/Action Reference which represent a typical hook firing sequence.
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I'd like to translate a child theme of wordpress twentythirteen theme.
Following the documentation, I've created and located fr_FR.po and fr_FR.mo files in a languages subdirectory of the child theme. The translation files contain only the child theme's specific translations. Then I've added the following in functions.php:
function theme_vja_setup() {
load_child_theme_textdomain('twentythirteen',
get_stylesheet_directory()."/languages");
}
add_action('after_setup_theme','theme_vja_setup');
I can't get what I'm doing wrong but I can't get the child theme translated
Looking at wordpress trac:
load_child_theme _text_domain verifies that $path is not empty and then call load_theme_text_domain.
load_theme_text_domain in turn tries to load the parent localization file wp-content/languages/themes/twentythirteen-fr_FR.mo which exists --> the function load_text_domain returns true and the loading stops
Any direction would be appreciated, I'm going crazy.
You don’t need this code in functions.php. Copy the .po and .mo files in the wp-content/languages/themes folder.
Name them:
[yourchildthemename]-fr_FR.po
and
[yourchildthemename]-fr_FR.mo.
(replace [yourchildthemename] by the slug of your child theme)
Regards Tom
Just want to know that if I'm going to create a new wordpress theme, what about functions.php, should I need to create a new functions file, or just copy it from other wordpress theme. I have read codex but it only tells about the templates needed to create a new theme.
The theme functions file is a template used by Word-press themes. It acts like a plug-in and gets automatically loaded in both admin and front-end pages of a Word-press site.
The functions.php file can be found in your theme’s folder.
You don't need to create a new functions.php file when you want to put your own function in function.php just paste that code in your themes functions.php file.
You can look into these Reference Links to understand more about function.php file :-
Functions_File_Explained
You don't need a new functions.php file if you don't want custom functions in your theme.
See this thread for more information - not including functions.php doesn't make any difference for your custom theme.
I have done a lot of search on it, most of the people are saying
wp_head() is located in wp-includes/general-template.php
wp_head is in default-filter.php in wp-includes
But I want to know where the html/php file placed in file directory that is rendered by wp_head(), so I can edit that file. Thanks
The wp_head() function simply calls all functions hooked to the wp_head action. Various functions will be hooked to this action, they may reside in the WordPress core, or perhaps in plugins you may be using, or even in your theme's functions.php file.
To my knowledge, there isn't a specific wp_head template 'file' that you can edit.
Ref:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference/wp_head
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_head
Following https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_head
wp_head() is located in wp-includes/general-template.php.
If you want edit something, execute a Control+MAJ+F (Find in folder) in wp-includes and it gives you the file where the specific content should be edited.
wp_head() is located in wp-includes/general-template.php.
I am new to WordPress. I was referring to code of WordPress theme. I am confused about where to put our function and add_action() for that function.
I want to know whether it is right to define function and add_action in one PHP file and put it anywhere in our theme folder.
"functions.php" is the file where you want to put your custom functions, hooks and actions. If your theme doesn't have a functions.php just create it. Wordpress will get the contents of it automatically, so you will have access to defined functions anywhere in your theme.
A WordPress theme I am developing has an integrated custom post type called "albums" which utilizes a few custom templates (archive-albums.php, content-albums.php, etc.). What I want to do is transfer this functionality, along with the template files, into a plugin for the sake of portability.
I transferred the CPT code from the functions.php with success, but when I try to move the template files from the theme folder to the plugin folder, things fall apart. I feel like it should be simple to somehow register the templates so WordPress knows to load them.
Can my WordPress custom templates be in plugin folder or only theme folder?
Things are falling apart because when you move those files, you're violating WP's native template hierarchy. You'll need to explicitly declare the location of those files. Using the archive as an example, you could add something like this to functions.php (to tell WP to look elsewhere):
add_filter('template_include', 'include_album_template', 1);
function include_album_template($template_path) {
if(get_post_type() == 'albums') {
if(!is_single()) {
$theme_file = 'path-to-your-plugin-directory';
$template_path = $theme_file;
}
}
return $template_path;
}
Obviously you'd use your own path, and I wrote this hastily so you might want to refactor.
I have the same issue. I'm already using add_filter ('template_include', ...) problem is that I need to specify a file to return, and in this case being it,index.php. This raises an issue with the theme not running entirely as if installed via themes folder, because what I need is to have WP selecting the appropriate file to render without any conditional logic from my part. So if it is a post it will select the single.php and so on. Another problem raised with this method is that in header.php the call get_header (); ignores the local file header.php and loads the default theme installed file instead.