WP Use parent template

To use parent template for child categories or pages. This plugin patches template hierarchy. This plugin is for who create or customize themes.

Author:kanonji (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:3.2
WordPress version tested:3.2.1
Plugin version:0.4
Added to WordPress repository:06-11-2011
Last updated:06-12-2011
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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Plugin URI:https://github.com/kanonji/wp-use-parent-temp...
Total downloads:2 039
Active installs:10+
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Features

  • use parent template for child category.
  • use parent template for child page.

If you have works category with some child categories as followings, you may want to use ‘category-works.php’ for all three child categories. You need to copy as ‘category-design.php’ and the rest in default template hierarchy. WP Use parent template patches the template hierarchy to use parent template for these child categories. And also pages too.

  • example.com/works/design
  • example.com/works/illust
  • example.com/works/photo

Category template hierarchy

  1. category-{slug}.php
  2. category-{id}.php
  3. category-{parent slug}.php //Add by WP Use parent template
  4. category-{parent id}.php //Add by WP Use parent template
  5. category.php
  6. archive.php
  7. index.php

Page template hierarchy

  1. custom template file
  2. page-{slug}.php
  3. page-{id}.php
  4. page-{parent slug}.php //Add by WP Use parent template
  5. page-{parent id}.php //Add by WP Use parent template
  6. page.php
  7. index.php

See following for WordPress default template hierarchy.
https://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy

Notes

  • Able to use only one generation age template. ‘category-child.php’ is able to use as parent template for grandchild in the example of ‘example.com/parent/child/grandchild’.
  • You may need to change parent template to handle child data.
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