Template hierarchy -WordCamp Columbus
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The document discusses WordPress template hierarchy and how WordPress determines which template file to use when displaying different types of pages and content. It provides details on the template files used for home pages, front pages, posts, pages, attachments, categories, tags, authors, dates, and archives. Key template files mentioned include index.php, page.php, single.php, category.php, tag.php, and template name files like page-slug.php. The document seeks to explain the rules and order WordPress follows to select the appropriate template file for different content displays.
Template hierarchy -WordCamp Columbus
- 1. July 14 WordCamp Columbus WordPress Template Hierarchy Presented by Al Davis- WPTeach.com
- 2. WordCamp Developers Toronto WordPress Developers Who’s Toronto TELUS SMB ‘Portal God’ Al the bald Freelance Developer Davi s WordCamp Toronto guy? Owner-wpteach.com Toronto WordPress College Professor Meetup Intro to WordPress Intro to WordPress Theme and Plugin Development
- 3. The What file(s) does WordPress use when it Question displays a certain type of page?
- 4. The Answer?
- 5. header.php Lets sidebar.php start with the The Loop basics footer.php
- 6. A working index.php + style.css = theme A very basic but functional theme needs:
- 7. So what is with all of this then? A: Different looks for different types of content
- 8. Home Page Display Rules 1 home.php 2 index.php
- 9. 1 front-page.php This is used for displaying your latest posts or a static page as defined in Settings > Reading 2 Front or Home page Page Display Rules When you set the Front page in Settings> Reading 3 Home Page Display Rules When posts page is set in the Front Page displays section of Settings> Reading
- 10. 1 Custom Template File The page template assigned to the page <?php /* Template Name: Whatever you call your template*/ ?> 2 page-{slug}.php if you use the slug “ bananas” WordPress will look for page- bananas.php Page Display Rules 3 page-{id}.php if the page ID is 4, Wordpress looks to use page-4.php 4 page.php 5 index.php
- 11. Singular Page 1 Single Post Page 2 Static page
- 12. 1 Attachment post Singlular page Single post 2 Custom Post 3 Blog post
- 13. MIME-type.php 1 It can be any MIME type ( video.php, image.php, etc) for text/plain in order: 3.text.php 4.plain.php 5.text_plain.php Singular Post 2 attachment.php Single Post- Attachment 3 single-attachment.php 4 single.php 5 index.php
- 14. 1 single-{posttype}.php if post type was “movies”, WordPress would look for single-movies.php Singular Post Single Post- Custom Post 2 single.php 3 index.php
- 15. 1 single-post.php Singular Post Single Post- Blog Post 2 single.php 3 index.php
- 16. 1 Custom Template File The page template assigned to the page <?php /* Template Name: Whatever you call your template*/ ?> 2 page-{slug}.php if you use the slug “ bananas” WordPress will look for page- bananas.php Singular Page Static page- aka 3 page-{id}.php if the page ID is 4, Wordpress looks to use page-4.php “ Page Display Rules” 4 page.php 5 index.php
- 17. 1 Post Pages Category Pages Tag Pages Custom Post Types Archive Pages 2 Author Pages 3 Date Pages
- 18. ategory Pages Pages Tag 1 Date Pages Author Pages 1 category-{slug}.php 1 tag-{slug}.php 1 author-{nicename}.php 1 date.php 2 category-{id}.php 2 tag-{id}.php 2 author-{id}.php 2 archive.php 3 category.php 3 tag.php 3 author.php 3 index.php 4 archive.php 4 archive.php 4 archive.php 5 index.php 5 index.php 5 index.php Custom Post Type Pages 1 archive-{post-type}.php 2 archive.php 3 index.php
- 19. 1 Category Pages from Tag Pages Why learn this? 2 Category from Category 3 Differentiate Content Types Category from Pages 4 Pages
- 20. Questions?
- 21. THANKS Contact Email- al@wpteach.com Twitter- @adavis3105 FOR YOUR ATTENTION