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1. jaredstein
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Using wp_insert_post (http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_insert_post) I can set a value for the page_template key:
   'page_template => [ <template file> ] //Sets the template for the page.

   However, I've not been able to do this successfully and I think that's because I need an example of the synatx used for <template file>--is it the name of the theme page, the filename, the filename with path?

2. Otto
   Tech Ninja
   Posted 3 years ago #

   It should be the name of the php file in your theme, no path. Like "template.php". Or "default" for no template.

3. jaredstein
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Thanks for the reply, but that doesn't seem to work for me. More specifics:

   I'm using a custom theme page (page-proposal.php) in the theme directory properly named as "Page Proposal". My custom form uses wp_insert_post as follows (in part):

   $prop_page = array();
   $prop_page['page_template'] = 'page-proposal.php';
   wp_insert_post($prop_page);

   The new page goes to "default" when I submit it, but in the actual Page editor GUI I can select "Page Proposal" from the template drop-down.

   Any other ideas would be welcome!

4. jaredstein
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   To add to that: I checked the db and found the entries in the wp_postmeta ending up as

   _wp_page_template default

   though this is updated properly if I change the template in the GUI. This makes me think that my wp_insert_post() isn't sending the page_template value to the right place.

   I'll post this question on the hacks forum too.

5. Otto
   Tech Ninja
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I don't know what to tell you. Here's the code in WordPress that actually deals with the page template:

   if ( !empty($page_template) && 'page' == $post_type ) {
   		$post->page_template = $page_template;
   		$page_templates = get_page_templates();
   		if ( 'default' != $page_template && !in_array($page_template, $page_templates) ) {
   			if ( $wp_error )
   				return new WP_Error('invalid_page_template', __('The page template is invalid.'));
   			else
   				return 0;
   		}
   		update_post_meta($post_ID, '_wp_page_template',  $page_template);
   	}

   As you can see, if you're saving a page and have a page_template set (it's extracted from that post array), then it updates the meta value to the value. So your code should work fine.

6. arrowebs
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Looks like the get_page_templates() is not available all the times. I managed to work around by not setting the page_template at the first time but just calling the update_post_meta() with the $post_ID as soon as it returned it on insert.

   I posted the code for this elsewhere on the forum on a similar stuff.

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