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Caleb Burks
July 17, 2015
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Template Hierarchy
Intro to the WordPress Template System.
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Transcript
TEMPLATE HIERARCHY intro to the WordPress template structure
ABOUT ME ▸ Caleb Burks ▸ WC Ninja at Automattic
▸ Loves Gummy Bears ▸ Tweets at @WPprodigy
WHAT'S A TEMPLATE?
None
HOW DOES THE HIERARCHY WORK?
REQUIREMENTS TO BE A THEME ▸ style.css ▸ index.php
STYLE.CSS /* Theme Name: My Theme Theme URI: http://awesometheme.com Author:
Caleb Burks Author URI: http://author.com Description: Blah Blah License: GNU General Public License v3 or later License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html Text Domain: storefront */
MAIN TEMPLATES: INDEX ▸ home.php - blog homepage ▸ index.php
- backup for home.php
INDEX EXAMPLE
MAIN TEMPLATES: POSTS ▸ single.php - Single Post Page ▸
singular.php - Fallback (new)
MAIN TEMPLATES: PAGE ▸ front-page.php - static homepage ▸ page.php
- backup for front-page.php ▸ singular.php - Fallback (new)
AREN'T THERE MORE PARTS?
COMPONENTIZED TEMPLATES ▸ get_header() ▸ get_footer() ▸ get_sidebar()
HEADER.PHP ▸ wp_head() ▸ wp_title() ▸ body_class()
FOOTER.PHP ▸ wp_footer() ▸ date(‘Y’)
SIDEBAR.PHP ▸ dynamic_sidebar()
A CLOSER LOOK
None
INCLUDING TEMPLATES get_template_part(); This is essentially a PHP include or
require, on steroids.
CONTENT.PHP Used for posts in the index pages. ▸ the_title()
▸ the_content() ▸ the_excerpt()
OTHER CONTENT TEMPLATE PARTS content-single.php for single posts. content-page.php for
single pages. content-search.php for results from searches.
BLOG TEMPLATES ▸ index.php or home.php ▸ content.php
SINGLE TEMPLATES ▸ single.php for single posts ▸ page.php for
single pages
BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!
ARCHIVE TEMPLATES ▸ Categories ▸ Tags ▸ Date-Based ▸ Author-Based
ARCHIVE.PHP Used for displaying archive pages ▸ date.php ▸ category.php
▸ taxonomy.php ▸ tag.php ▸ author.php
COMMENTS.PHP ▸ Author comment highlighting ▸ Display gravatars if appropriate
▸ Support threaded comments
SEARCH.PHP Displays a list of posts/pages based on search query.
▸ Include the search form again ▸ get_search_form()
CUSTOM TEMPLATES
CUSTOM TEMPLATES: ARCHIVES ▸ category-$slug.php ▸ category-$id.php ▸ tag-$slug.php ▸
tag-$id.php Applies to authors, taxonimies, and CPT's as well.
CUSTOM TEMPLATES: POSTS <?php get_template_part( 'content', get_post_format() ); ?> https://codex.wordpress.org/Post_Formats
Example: content-video.php
CUSTOM TEMPLATES: PAGES ▸ page-$slug.php ▸ page-$id.php OR...
CUSTOM TEMPLATES: PAGES
CUSTOM TEMPLATES: PAGES Make your own template with just one
extra line of code!
CUSTOM TEMPLATES: PAGES How to create a custom home page
template: 1. Copy page.php 2. Rename it to page-home.php 3. Add the following comment to the top: 4. Template Name: Homepage
CONFUSED YET?
AWESOME TOOLS ▸ What The File https://wordpress.org/plugins/what-the- file/
AWESOME TOOLS ▸ WPhierarchy.com
AWESOME TOOLS ▸ _s underscores.com
QUESTIONS?