templates = array(); add_filter( 'theme_page_templates', array( $this, 'add_new_template' ) ); // Add a filter to the page attributes metabox to inject our template into the page template cache. add_filter( 'page_attributes_dropdown_pages_args', array( $this, 'register_project_templates' ) ); // Add a filter to the save post in order 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 in order 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( 'template-canvas-fullwidth.php' => esc_html__( 'Canvas Full Width', 'canvas' ), ); } /** * Adds our template to the page dropdown * * @param array $posts_templates The posts templates. */ 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. * * @param array $atts The attributes for the page attributes dropdown. */ 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_cache_get( $cache_key, 'themes' ); if ( empty( $templates ) ) { $templates = array(); } // Since we've updated the cache, we need to delete the old cache. 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 * * @param string $template The name of template. */ public function view_project_template( $template ) { global $post; // Determines whether the query is for an existing single page. if ( ! is_page() ) { return $template; } // If no posts found, return to avoid "Trying to get property of non-object" error. if ( ! isset( $post ) ) { return $template; } if ( ! isset( $this->templates[ get_post_meta( $post->ID, '_wp_page_template', true ) ] ) ) { return $template; } $file = CNVS_PATH . 'page-templates/' . 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; } return $template; } } new CNVS_Page_Templates();