WP Use parent template
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
- category-{slug}.php
- category-{id}.php
- category-{parent slug}.php //Add by WP Use parent template
- category-{parent id}.php //Add by WP Use parent template
- category.php
- archive.php
- index.php
Page template hierarchy
- custom template file
- page-{slug}.php
- page-{id}.php
- page-{parent slug}.php //Add by WP Use parent template
- page-{parent id}.php //Add by WP Use parent template
- page.php
- 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.
Download & install the zip archive
The plugin package installer can be downloaded from the WP2E project tab called “code”.
1 – Select the version to download if this option is available otherwise the “latest” version of the main plugin will be used.
2 – After downloading the zip archive install the plugin package installer in you local environment and activate the script from the plugin list.
3 – Under the section “Plugins” of the admin dashboard you should see a new “Dependencies & Licenses” link. Follow the instructions from this panel to finalize the installation of the missing dependencies.
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- Give a name to your project
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- Download the Installer Package
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- Install & activate the plugin locally
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- Install the suggested dependencies
Tips: Use the WP2E panel to add/suggest new dependencies to the local installation. Press F5 in the list of dependencies if the changes are not displayed right away.