Scott Reilly

Designers and developers know that it can sometimes be confusing and frustrating to determine the exact template being utilized to render the currently displayed page in WordPress. Sometimes page or category specific templates exist, or a page/post has been set by the post author to use a particular template, or the current theme doesn’t employ certain templates causing WordPress to fall back to others.
This plugin relieves that aggravation by assisting designers and developers by displaying the template being used to render the currently displayed page in WordPress. This can be shown in one or more of the following methods:
<h4>Admin bar</h4>
By default, the theme-relative path to the theme template file used to render the page is shown in the admin bar. The settings page for the plugin, at ‘Design’ -> ‘Reveal Template’, allows you to control and configure this particular method. Note: even if enabled by the setting, the admin bar entry also only appears if the admin bar is showing and if the user has the ability to see the revealed template.
<h4>Site footer</h4>
By default, the theme-relative path to the theme template file used to render the page is shown in the site’s footer. The settings page for the plugin, at ‘Design’ -> ‘Reveal Template’, allows you to control and configure this particular method. Note: even if enabled by the setting, the footer output only appears if the theme follows the recommended practice of calling the <code>wp_footer()</code> template tag at some point and the user has the ability to see the revealed template.
<h4>Widget</h4>
A widget named “Reveal Template” is made available which can be used to display the theme template file used to render the page in any widget location.
<h4>Shortcode</h4>
A shortcode called ‘revealtemplate’ is made available which can be used in post/page content to display the theme template file used to render the page. Currently it supports two possible attributes:
<ul>
<li>‘admin’ : Can either be 1 or 0 to indicate if the template name should be revealed to admins only. 1 means to admins only, 0 to all visitors. The default is 1.</li>
<li>‘type’ : The template path types. Must be one of ‘absolute’, ‘filename’, ‘relative’, or ‘theme-relative’. Read the documentation for more information on what each of these mean.</li>
</ul>
Examples: <code>[revealtemplate type="absolute"]</code>, <code>[revealtemplate type="filename" admin="0"]</code>
<h4>Template Tag</h4>
A template tag is also provided which can be used to display the theme template file used to render the page.
<pre><code><?php c2c_reveal_template(); ?>
</code></pre>
By default, <code>c2c_reveal_template()</code> will echo the template name. To simply retrieve the template filename rather than displaying it:
<pre><code><?php $template = c2c_reveal_template( false ); ?>
</code></pre>
The template tag also takes a second argument which be can be one of the following: absolute, relative, theme-relative, filename. This determines the path style you’d like reported. If not specified, it uses the default defined in the plugin’s settings page.
Examples of path types:
<ul>
<li>“absolute” : /usr/local/www/yoursite/wp-content/themes/yourtheme/single.php</li>
<li>“relative” : wp-content/themes/yourtheme/single.php</li>
<li>“theme-relative” : yourtheme/single.php</li>
<li>“filename” : single.php</li>
</ul>
This plugin is primarily intended to be activated on an as-needed basis.
Links: <a href="https://coffee2code.com/wp-plugins/reveal-template/" rel="nofollow ugc">Plugin Homepage</a> | <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/reveal-template/" rel="ugc">Plugin Directory Page</a> | <a href="https://github.com/coffee2code/reveal-template/" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a> | <a href="https://coffee2code.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Author Homepage</a>
<h3>Template Tags</h3>
The plugin provides one template tag for use in your theme templates, functions.php, or plugins.
<h4>Functions</h4>
<ul>
<li><code><?php function c2c_reveal_template( $echo = true, $template_path_type = '' ) ?></code> 
Formats for output the template path info for the currently rendered template.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Arguments</h4>
<ul>
<li>
<code>$echo</code> (bool) 
Optional. Echo the template info? Default is true.
</li>
<li>
<code>$template_path_type</code> (string) 
Optional. The style of the template’s path for return. Accepts: ‘absolute’, ‘relative’, ‘theme-relative’, ‘filename’. Default is ”, which causes the function to use the template path type configured via the plugin’s settings page.
</li>
</ul>
<h4>Examples</h4>
<ul>
<li>
<code><?php //Output the current template 
c2c_reveal_template( true, 'theme-relative' ); 
?></code>
</li>
<li>
<code><?php // Retrieve the value for use in code, so don't display/echo it. 
$current_template = c2c_reveal_template( false, 'filename' ); 
if ( $current_template == 'category-12.php' ) { 
// Do something here 
} 
?></code>
</li>
</ul>

Reveal Template

Great plugin, out of the box it shows the rendered template in the footer. This has just become part of my toolbox.

Where has this been all my life!

Reveal the theme template file used to render the displayed page, via the admin bar, footer, widget, shortcode, and/or template tag.

rdcravens

Taking the BXSlider to the next level for WordPress! Easy to update and maintain slides, as simple as adding and removing pages to your WordPress site – that is it! This plugin is layered on top of (read as they are required) two separate plugin’s, plus the ability to join them together and make that all work as a simple system… The best thing is that you are not limited to the number of sliders per page, you can have as many as you want!
The plugin is based on the premise that you create a hierarchy of pages, and the plugin will read the pages BELOW (has Parent of) the referenced page in the “ref” tag. The plugin will get the pages and dynamically add them to the slider for you, no counting pages or needing to manually adjust the slider when you want to change content.
Why should I use this plugin?
<ul>
<li>Single shortcode – fast implementation time</li>
<li>Powerful, yet simplistic in use</li>
<li>No learning curve to use of this plugin – just use it to enhance/simplify your usage of BXSlider</li>
</ul>
Example of usage:
[ez_slide parent=”1043″] -> optional shortcode-> [/ez_slide]
This insertion would take all pages below (has Parent of) page 1043 (found at the end of your Permalink when editing pages):
— Main Page 
 
—— Slider Reference Page (1043 above) 
 
——— Slide 1 
 
——— Slide 2 
 
——— Slide 3 
 
——— Slide X
The above is the structure I use in order to keep track of things cleanly, your reference can be anything that has sub-pages – even the main page. It is up to you.
Sorting:
The plugin, by default, inserts slides according to the name they hold, in ASC order. I use Slide_1, Slide_2, etc in order to make sure I know what slide come next.
Shortcode parameters:
ref: The referecne to the page that is the Parent (ex: 1043 above) {default = 1000} 
 sorting: “ASC|DESC”. The sort type you want {default = ASC} 
 sort_column: “column name”. Sort the column you want to have the slides sorted on. {default = title}
EX: [ez_slide parent=”1043″ sorting=”ASC” sort_column=”ID”]
Plese see the Insert Pages plugin page for the specs on what each options means. Pass them in this manor:
Insert Pages Options (optional): Send as: display=”title|link|content|all|{custom-template.php}” {default = content}
EX: [ez_slide parent=”1043″ display=”title”]
REQUIRED INSTALL
If you do not install them, I can not call them 🙂
1. BXSlider Integration for WordPress – https://wordpress.org/plugins/bxslider-integration/ 
 2. Insert Pages – https://wordpress.org/plugins/insert-pages/
If you download, please rate the plugin. This is one of the few feedback methods available. If you have a low opinion, please allow me to try to fix it first before leaving a bad review.

Easy BXSlider

I made it :-)

Taking the BXSlider to the next level for WordPress! Easy to update and maintain slides, as simple as adding and removing pages to your WordPress site …

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