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1. Ian Stewart
   Theme Wrangler
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Wondering how one would go about checking for the existence of an active page template. Not "am I in a page template". I know that is_page_template('template-name.php') does that. I want to check if template-name.php exists in wp_postmeta and run some code at init if does.

2. nbseminary
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I have the same question. With is_page_template('template-name.php') you have to know the name of the template page. What if you want to evaluate whether or not a page is using any template? Is there a way to do that? Something like has_page_template($template-name).

3. nbseminary
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   In my searching I have come across mention of postmeta information _wp_page_template. Is there a way to access the table information for _wp_page_template to determine if and what template page is being used?

4. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Look at Function_Reference/get_post_meta, something like this if your page id is 76.

   $page_template = get_post_meta(76, '_wp_page_template', true); ?>

5. nbseminary
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thanks, Michael! I think I got it. I'm pretty new to php but hopefully learning. This is what I came up with.
   

   function check_page_template() {
   	if ( is_page() ) {
   		$page_template = get_post_meta(get_the_id(),'_wp_page_template',true);
   		echo "The page template is $page_template for this page";
   	} else {
   		echo "This is not a page";
   	}
   }

6. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Might want to change
   

   echo "The page template is $page_template for this page";

   to
   

   if {$page_template} {
   echo "The page template is $page_template for this page";
   }

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