Title: Custom Plugin -> theme filter
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Custom Plugin -> theme filter

 *  [peterbra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peterbra/)
 * (@peterbra)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-plugin-theme-filter/)
 * I am creating custom plugin and in my plugin file I have this:
 *     ```
       add_filter('page_template', 'load_tq_templates');
       function load_tq_templates() {
           if (is_page( 'transport-quote-1' )) {
                if ( $overridden_template = locate_template( 'tq-1.php' ) ) {
                  // locate_template() returns path to file
                  // if either the child theme or the parent theme have overridden the template
                  load_template( $overridden_template );
                } else {
                  // If neither the child nor parent theme have overridden the template,
                  // we load the template from the 'templates' sub-directory of the directory this file is in
                  load_template( dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/templates/tq-1.php' );
                }
           }
       ```
   
 * I’ve created sub-folder “themes” in my plugin directory where I have file tq-
   1.php looking like this:
 *     ```
       <?php get_header(); ?>
       <div class="wrapper">
              <h1>THIS IS MY CUSTOM THEME FOR PAGE tq-1</h1>
           <div id="content">
                      <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
                      <?php the_content(); ?>
                      <?php endwhile; endif; ?>
           </div>
       </div>
       <?php get_footer(); ?>
       ```
   
 * Problem is that the file really get’s loaded on appropriate page, BUT after it’s
   loaded the active theme’s PAGE.PHP is loaded as well, so I am basically getting
   duplicated content on front end as tq-1.php is loaded first and then theme’s 
   page.php file is loaded second.
 * How to avoid theme’s page.php from being loaded after my template?
 * What I am doing wrong ?

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 * [custom plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/custom-plugin/)
 * [theme override](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/theme-override/)

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 * Last reply from: [peterbra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peterbra/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-plugin-theme-filter/)
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