How To To Include Template Files In WordPress

Something that really interesting in WordPress is Custom Page Templates. With custom page templates we can create unique WordPress Blog much easier. Now we will share many common use to include template files in WordPress.

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Inserting Using PHP Style

This is standard code using PHP include

include(TEMPLATEPATH . 'template-name.php');

Load Template

This is part of WordPress System we can use load_template(); this code will run without check the original files and will be auto executed

load_template(TEMPLATEPATH . '/template-name.php');

Locate Template Method

This is much better method than load_template(), this method will check the files available or not

locate_template($template_names, $load);

Why this method much better, because on this method we can added some parameter too

Get Query Template

With get_query_template() you can get themplate without write complete name. You can only write the name of the files

include(get_query_template('template-name'));

You can also get / call WordPress standard theme files such as 404, tag, category, search with this code get_*_template() change * with the theme name, example

include(get_404_template());
// will give the same result
include(get_query_template('404'));

Get Template Part

And this is fresh function on WordPress 3.0 this function called get_template_part(); use this code like this example

get_template_part($slug, $name);

More details about this functions, This function will include file named “{slug}-{name}.php”. The $name is optional, and if it’s empty, the function will include file named “{slug}.php”. You can see this is the way Gamelan WordPress Theme uses for including loop:

get_template_part('loop'); // general loop, file 'loop.php'
get_template_part('loop', 'index'); // loop for index, file 'loop-index.php'
get_template_part('loop', 'single'); // loop for single post, file 'loop-single.php'

That’s it, now you can choose which one that prefer and suitable for your WordPress Project, now include template files in WordPress much easier right? Thanks for Deluxe Blog Tips for share this tips

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