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1. Public
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi! This is my first post. I hope my poor english won't be a problem so you can understand my doubt:

   I need that my client be able to create subcategories from administration zone which inherit the parent category's template .

   Is it possible or I will have to set the templates when he need a new category?

   Thank U.

2. Kafkaesqui
   Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Sounds like a good idea for a plugin...

   Category Template Inheritor:
   download plugin | view source

   Download the plugin file, upload to your wp-content/plugins directory, and activate Category Template Inheritor under Plugins. Then just make sure you have a specific category template set up for a category with child categories you want this to work with.

3. bricka
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Is it possible to modify this plugin so that sub-sub-categories can inherit the template? I tried this modification but it didn't seem to work:

   function szub_cat_template_inherit() {
if(is_category()) {
global $wp_query;
$category = $wp_query->get_queried_object();
if( $category->category_parent && $category->category_parent->category_parent )
$template = TEMPLATEPATH . '/category-' . $category->category_parent->category_parent . '.php';
elseif( $category->category_parent && file_exists(TEMPLATEPATH . '/category-' . $category->category_parent . '.php') )
$template = TEMPLATEPATH . '/category-' . $category->category_parent . '.php';
elseif( file_exists(TEMPLATEPATH . "/category-" . get_query_var('cat') . '.php') )
$template = TEMPLATEPATH . "/category-" . get_query_var('cat') . '.php';
elseif( file_exists(TEMPLATEPATH . "/category.php") )
$template = TEMPLATEPATH . "/category.php";

   return $template;
}
}

4. Kafkaesqui
   Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   bricka, I'll be releasing this plugin on my blog soon, and when I do I'll look at how to incorporate an entire category hierarchy (parent category / child / child / child / etc) under one template. No guarantees!

5. samaritan
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Old thread, but I modified the plugin to handle single template, rather than category template. I emailed it to you Kaf.

6. startribe
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hey Kaf and Community,

   I am loving this plugin. Is there any word on the latest development and if it will be set so that a child to a child will inherent the parent category template. That would be awesome and save me even more category.phps.

   Thanks,
   Orion

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