I am developing a theme and I noticed that
get_post_meta($post->ID, '_wp_page_template', true);
returns 'static-page.php' (as expected) when queried on static pages but returns nothing (expected 'single-post.php') when queried on a single blog post pages.
I have single-post.php file set up and working, content displayed, etc. But I can't get template file name for some reason on this page. It works just fine on static pages. Any ideas why?
I am developing a theme and I noticed that
get_post_meta($post->ID, '_wp_page_template', true);
returns 'static-page.php' (as expected) when queried on static pages but returns nothing (expected 'single-post.php') when queried on a single blog post pages.
I have single-post.php file set up and working, content displayed, etc. But I can't get template file name for some reason on this page. It works just fine on static pages. Any ideas why?
Share Improve this question asked May 29, 2019 at 5:35 sergekolsergekol 113 bronze badges 2 |2 Answers
Reset to default 1I am using the template file name in the section to load corresponding css files. For static-page.php I am loading static-page.css, similarly for single-post.php I would like to load single-post.css. As said, it is working fine on my static pages, but returns zero on single blog post page.
This isn't really the correct way to do this. For starters you shouldn't be placing anything in <head> directly. Instead you should be 'enqueueing' the styles from your functions file, as outlined in the Theme Developer Handbook.
When you do it this way you can use the Conditional Tags to determine what is currently being viewed, and enqueue the appropriate styles.
For example, if you want to load styles for single posts only, you'd use is_singular( 'post' )., while for custom page templates you'd use is_page_template( 'static-page.php' );.
I am working today to upgrade my theme as per Jacob's earlier suggestion. I removed all the stylesheet links from header.php and put them into functions.php.
The non-conditional stylesheets and those stylesheets which are connected using is_page_template() work without any issue.
However, the stylesheets which are connected using is_category, is_tag, etc. do not work.
Here's the code:
function add_styles () {
// Styles for all pages - work just fine
wp_enqueue_style( 'normalize', get_template_directory_uri().'/css/normalize.css', false, '1', 'all' );
wp_enqueue_style( 'main', get_template_directory_uri().'/css/main.css', false, '1', 'all' );
wp_enqueue_style( 'header', get_template_directory_uri().'/css/header.css', false, '1', 'all' );
wp_enqueue_style( 'index', get_template_directory_uri().'/css/index.css', false, '1', 'all' );
wp_enqueue_style( 'functions', get_template_directory_uri().'/css/functions.css', false, '1', 'all' );
wp_enqueue_style( 'footer', get_template_directory_uri().'/css/footer.css', false, '1', 'all' );
// Styles for custom template pages - DO NOT work
if ( is_category() ) { wp_enqueue_style( 'category', get_template_directory_uri().'/css/category.css', false, '1', 'all' ); };
if ( is_tag() ) { wp_enqueue_style( 'tag', get_template_directory_uri().'/css/tag.css', false, '1', 'all' ); };
if ( is_single() ) { wp_enqueue_style( 'single', get_template_directory_uri().'/css/single-post.css', false, '1', 'all' ); };
if ( is_date() ) { wp_enqueue_style( 'date', get_template_directory_uri().'/css/date.css', false, '1', 'all' ); };
// Styles for static page templates - DO work
if ( is_page_template('front-page.php') ) { wp_enqueue_style( 'front-page', get_template_directory_uri().'/css/front-page.css', false, '1', 'all' ); };
if ( is_page_template('static-page.php') ) { wp_enqueue_style( 'static-page', get_template_directory_uri().'/css/static-page.css', false, '1', 'all' ); };
if ( is_page_template('landing-page.php') ) { wp_enqueue_style( 'landing-page', get_template_directory_uri().'/css/landing-page.css', false, '1', 'all' ); };
if ( is_page_template('404.php') ) { wp_enqueue_style( '404', get_template_directory_uri().'/css/404.css', false, '1', 'all' ); };
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'add_styles' );
It is clear that is_category, is_tag, etc. do not work. From reading CODEX and the internet I figured out that they are called from functions.php too early. However, I can't understand how to hook them properly so that they work.
What would be the right way to do this?
_wp_page_templateis the meta value that's stored when a post or page is using a custom template. It's not used if it's using the default template. Is there a particular reason you need to know the name? If it's just for debugging, then the Query Monitor plugin can tell you which templates are in use. – Jacob Peattie Commented May 29, 2019 at 5:53