templates = array(); // Add a filter to the attributes metabox to inject template into the cache. if (version_compare(floatval(get_bloginfo('version')), '4.6', '<')) { // 4.6 and older add_filter( 'page_attributes_dropdown_pages_args', array($this, 'swift_staff_register_project_templates') ); } else { // Add a filter to the wp 4.7 version attributes metabox add_filter( 'theme_page_templates', array($this, 'swift_staff_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($this, 'swift_staff_register_project_templates') ); // Add a filter to the template include to determine if the page has our // template assigned and return it's path add_filter( 'template_include', array($this, 'swift_staff_view_project_template') ); // Add your templates to this array. $this->templates = array( 'swift-job-template.php' => 'Swift Jobs', 'rss-jobs-feed.php' => 'Jobs Feed', ); } /** * Adds our template to the page dropdown for v4.7+ * */ public function swift_staff_add_new_template($posts_templates) { $posts_templates = array_merge($posts_templates, $this->templates); return $posts_templates; } /** * Adds our template to the pages cache in order to trick WordPress * into thinking the template file exists where it doens't really exist. * */ public function swift_staff_register_project_templates($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 $atts; } /** * Checks if the template is assigned to the page */ public function swift_staff_view_project_template($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; } $file = plugin_dir_path(__FILE__) . get_post_meta($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('swift_staff_page_templater', 'swift_staff_get_instance'));