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.
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I am trying to override the php file under wp-content/plugins/salient-core/includes/nectar_maps/nectar_cta.php because I need to customize some options in the returning array.
Therefore I tried to place a php file in my child theme under wp-content/themes/salient-child/salient-core/includes/nectar_maps/nectar_cta.php which doesn't work.
Also I figured out that the file is used in wp-content/plugins/salient-core/includes/nectar-addons.php as follows:
class WPBakeryShortCode_Nectar_Cta extends WPBakeryShortCode {}
vc_lean_map('nectar_cta', null, SALIENT_CORE_ROOT_DIR_PATH . 'includes/nectar_maps/nectar_cta.php');
Then I tried to use vc_lean_map with my path in functions.php:
vc_lean_map('nectar_cta', null, 'mypath');
Which also failed.
Is there any way to override this file in my child theme?
Unfortuntately, filepath overriding in the manner you're desicribing works great for child-theming, but there is no analogue for plugins.
However - you're barking up the right tree!
From the vc_lean_map() page in WPBakery1 docs:
vc_lean_map()
Map new shortcodes to WPBakery Page Builder with “lazy” method. It means that attributes for shortcode will be built only when a system uses any data from mapped shortcode or shortcode is rendered in a content of the page(do_shortcode called).
This tells me that you're able to specify a new file to override the plugin file with, and that you're likely just calling it too early in your functions.php file.
Try something like this, to be sure that you're overriding after the visual composer plugin's done loading, so it doesn't overwrite your work. (A lower priority of 100 in the example, to be explicit about the intentions.)
<?php
// funcitons.php
add_action('plugins_loaded', function() {
vc_lean_map('nectar_cta', null, 'yourpath');
}, 100);
1 WPBakery are the folks behind Visual Composer, which somehow ties into this salient theme you're using.
I am new to wordpress and want to know best way to add css from installed and activated plugin.
I have one activated plugin called "social-media" and in that plugin i have created one css file called "social-login-style.css"
I want to include this css file and apply style to my content. How should I add css file in any page so that I can see the effects.
In Short, I want to add social-login-style.css on wp-login.php file.
Whether it is theme or plugin, css or js, any custom addition, wp_enqueue_scripts is the only acton you need for all.
https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference/wp_enqueue_scripts
function additional_custom_styles() {
/* Enqueue The Styles */
wp_enqueue_style( 'custom-login-style', plugins_url( 'social-login-style.css', __FILE__ ) );
}
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'additional_custom_styles' );
If you it to be added only on login screen then use the following condition,
if ( $GLOBALS['pagenow'] === 'wp-login.php' ) {
// We're on the login page!
}
Hope this one help :)
UPDATE
Please check login_enqueue_scripts. it is designed to add custom scripts into login page only. Works well without any login condition.
https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference/login_enqueue_scripts
Without saying what you want to achieve is impossible, it certainly is against how WordPress is designed to work. Plugins are supposed to be modules that add to or modify how WordPress works. The folder of a plugin should only hold files pertaining to what the plugin does and, if it's a public plugin, its contents are controlled by a versioning (SVN) system.
In short, adding a file to an existing plugin will not have any effect, regardless of whether the plugin is active or not. And you should not add files to plugins you haven't developed yourself.
To load a CSS file on the login page, one should add an action hook to login_enqueue_scripts, as instructed in Customizing Login Form page of the codex. The stylesheet itself should be placed in either a custom plugin (you could create for your use-case) or inside the current theme folder.
I am suggesting a template file in the hook_preprocess_page() implementation done from a module, but the suggested template file doesn't seem to be used.
The template file is page--terminal-template.tpl.php, which is in the directory containing the module, and this is the implementation of hook_preprocess_page().
function terminal_preprocess_page(&$variables) {
if (arg(0) == "terminal") {
$variables['theme_hook_suggestions'][] = "page__terminal_template";
}
}
Could anyone please help me?
Preprocess and process functions can be implemented by modules. In fact, the documentation for theme() lists them when it shows in which order those functions are called.
The fact is that Drupal looks for the suggested template files in the theme directory. You have these alternatives:
Put the template files your module is suggesting in the directory containing the theme currently used
Follow what reported in Load view template on module activation to load the template files from the module directory
Suggest the template files you want to use in a preprocess function implemented by a theme
Following what reported in the other question, you would be able to use the template file found in the module directory. The only problem is that you would be using a generic template that could be different from the default page template used from the currently enabled theme.
If you are adding template files for the currently enabled theme, you should call drupal_theme_rebuild() to make Drupal rescan the directory containing the template files, after you added the new template file to the theme.
Actually, this hook can also be called from theme's template.php file along with module's hook.
Please refer Drupal 7 documentation here.
Say if your active theme is MY_THEME, then the code should be:
function MY_THEME_preprocess_page(&$variables) {
if (arg(0) == "terminal") {
$variables['theme_hook_suggestions'][] = "page__terminal_template";
}
}
And the template suggestions will work.
Edit: This functionality can also be implemented with Modules using hooks.
I'm integrating wordpress into another application by calling
require("../wp-blog-header.php");
I would like to be able to specify the theme to use based on some conditions before the wp-blog-header.php file is called. Is there a constant, function or variable that I can use to set the theme directory to something different than is already set?
I'm trying to find where Wordpress sets the theme directory to use before it loads the templates, etc. so that I can change it on the fly if necessary.
Update:
I tried adding this in an activated plugin:
add_filter('template', 'change_the_template');
function change_the_template()
{
$theme = get_theme('Twenty Eleven');
return $theme['Template'];
}
But that didn't change it to display with the Twenty Eleven template which is different than the one set in the admin...
The code you have, changes the template but you will also have to change the stylesheet for the theme.
Add the following code along with what you already have(in activated plugin).
add_filter('stylesheet', 'change_the_stylesheet');
function change_the_stylesheet()
{
$theme = get_theme('Twenty Eleven');
return $theme['Stylesheet'];
}
This should solve the problem.
this is a question how to override themable items in Drupal 6.
According to the book "Pro Drupal Development", we can override themable items in two ways:
overriding via Theme functions
overriding via Template files
So for example, in order to reformat the breadcrumb, I can:
via function theme_breadcrumb($breadcrumb)
via breadcrumb.tpl.php
But on my local testing server, the second approach (i.e. via template file) is not working! I see no breadcrumbs at all, while the first approach works fine.
Any idea how could this happen? any special settings I need to configure my Drupal?
thanks!
My custom theme "greyscale":
sites\all\themes\custom\greyscale:
- breadcrumb.tpl.php
- greyscale.info
- node.tpl.php
- page.tpl.php
- style.css
- template.php
relevant file contents:
* template.php:
function phptemplate_preprocess_breadcrumb(&$variables) {
$variables['breadcrumb_delimiter'] = '#';
}
breadcrumb.tpl.php:
Theme functions are setup to either use a template or a function to generate the markup, it will never use both as that's pointless.
For a theme function to use a template, it must be defined when you define it in hook_theme.
A template + preprocess function and a theme function really does the same thing: produce markup. It depends on the situation which method is best to use, that's why we have two. The good thing about templates, is that it allows themers to change the markup, without know much about PHP or Drupal.
Cache
Drupal caches all templates and theme functions defined in your theme, when you create new ones, you need to clear the cache, this can be done by:
Use drush
Clearing cache in admin/settings/performance
Use devel to clear it on each page load. Usable during development, biut will kill performance.
Switching theme back and forth will work too, but it really not the desired way to do it.
I personally always find it easier to alter breadcrumbs through template.php using hook_breadcrumb()
function mytheme_breadcrumb($breadcrumb) {
$sep = ' > ';
if (count($breadcrumb) > 0) {
return implode($breadcrumb, $sep) . $sep;
}
else {
return t("Home");
}
}
Any particular reason why you wish to use a .tpl.php file?