Title: Not finding taxonomy.php
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Not finding taxonomy.php

 *  Resolved [YorkshireLad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yorkshirelad/)
 * (@yorkshirelad)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-finding-taxonomyphp/)
 * Hi,
 * This is one that’s got me very confused.
 * I have a site which is using the free version of Traction. I have some Custom
   Post Types and Custom Taxonomies. I have files called taxonomy.php and single-
   CPT.php and everything works perfectly, no problem at all.
 * I want to change the design, and am using plaintextblog (oldie, but goldie) as
   a base. I recreate my taxonomy.php and single-CPT files and they get ignored.
   All single posts are displayed using single.php, post-listings use index.php.
 * [I stick comment tags at the top of my template files so I know which one has
   been pulled in. Wish theme developers did the same.]
 * All the CPT and CT code is in a separate plugin file, as I’m using a different
   template for touch devices, so it’s not that i’ve forgotten to copy the CPT/CT
   code over. If I rename taxonomy.php to index.php it displays correctly, so the
   file isn’t corrupted.
 * What’s confusing me is that the template hierarchy indicates that taxonomy.php
   should be pulled in if it exists (even if error-strewn), no extra code required–
   and WordPress isn’t doing that. If I read the Template Hierarchy page on Codex
   correctly, it’s even ignoring archive.php. I’ve used plaintextblog as a base 
   to a different theme on another site, and CPTs/CTs work fine.
 * What might I be missing? Help me Obi-Wan, you’re my only hope.
    Gary

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