templates = array(); // Add a filter to the attributes metabox to inject template into the cache. if (version_compare(floatval(get_bloginfo('version')), '4.7', '<')) { // 4.6 and older add_filter( 'single_template', array( $this, 'register_project_templates' ) ); } else { // Add a filter to the wp 4.7 version attributes metabox add_filter( 'theme_page_templates', array( $this, 'add_new_template' ) ); } // Add a filter to the save post to inject out template into the page cache add_filter( 'wp_insert_post_data', array( $this, 'register_project_templates' ) ); // Add a filter to the template include to determine if the page has our // template assigned and return it's path add_filter( 'template_include', array( $this, 'view_project_template') ); // Add your templates to this array. $this->templates = array( 'broadcast-template.php' => 'Broadcast', ); } /** * Adds our template to the page dropdown for v4.7+ * */ public function add_new_template($posts_templates) { $posts_templates = array_merge($posts_templates, $this->templates); return $posts_templates; } /** * Adds our template to the pages cache in order to trick WordPress * into thinking the template file exists where it doens't really exist. */ public function register_project_templates($atts) { // Create the key used for the themes cache $cache_key = 'page_templates-' . md5(get_theme_root() . '/' . get_stylesheet()); // Retrieve the cache list. // If it doesn't exist, or it's empty prepare an array $templates = wp_get_theme()->get_page_templates(); if (empty($templates)) { $templates = array(); } // New cache, therefore remove the old one wp_cache_delete($cache_key, 'themes'); // Now add our template to the list of templates by merging our templates // with the existing templates array from the cache. $templates = array_merge($templates, $this->templates); // Add the modified cache to allow WordPress to pick it up for listing // available templates wp_cache_add($cache_key, $templates, 'themes', 1800); return $atts; } /** * Checks if the template is assigned to the page */ public function view_project_template($template) { // Return the search template if we're searching (instead of the template for the first result) if (is_search()) { return $template; } // Get global post global $post; // Return template if post is empty if (! $post) { return $template; } // Return default template if we don't have a custom one defined if (! isset($this->templates[get_post_meta( $post->ID, '_wp_page_template', true )])) { return $template; } // Allows filtering of file path $filepath = apply_filters('page_templater_plugin_dir_path', plugin_dir_path(__FILE__)); $file = $filepath . get_post_meta( $post->ID, '_wp_page_template', true ); // Just to be safe, we check if the file exist first if (file_exists($file)) { return $file; } else { echo $file; } // Return template return $template; } } add_action('plugins_loaded', array( 'PageTemplater', 'get_instance' ));