kanonji

<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>use parent template for child category.</li>
<li>use parent template for child page.</li>
</ul>
<p>If you have works category with some child categories as followings, you may want to use ‘category-works.php’ for all three child categories. You need to copy as ‘category-design.php’ and the rest in default template hierarchy. WP Use parent template patches the template hierarchy to use parent template for these child categories. And also pages too.</p>
<ul>
<li>example.com/works/design</li>
<li>example.com/works/illust</li>
<li>example.com/works/photo</li>
</ul>
<h4>Category template hierarchy</h4>
<ol>
<li>category-{slug}.php</li>
<li>category-{id}.php</li>
<li>category-{parent slug}.php //Add by WP Use parent template</li>
<li>category-{parent id}.php //Add by WP Use parent template</li>
<li>category.php</li>
<li>archive.php</li>
<li>index.php</li>
</ol>
<h4>Page template hierarchy</h4>
<ol>
<li>custom template file</li>
<li>page-{slug}.php</li>
<li>page-{id}.php</li>
<li>page-{parent slug}.php //Add by WP Use parent template</li>
<li>page-{parent id}.php //Add by WP Use parent template</li>
<li>page.php</li>
<li>index.php</li>
</ol>
<p>See following for WordPress default template hierarchy.<br />
https://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy</p>
<h4>Notes</h4>
<ul>
<li>Able to use only one generation age template. ‘category-child.php’ is able to use as parent template for grandchild in the example of ‘example.com/parent/child/grandchild’.</li>
<li>You may need to change parent template to handle child data.</li>
</ul>


WP Use parent template

To use parent template for child categories or pages. This plugin patches template hierarchy. This plugin is for who create or customize themes.

neilgee

<p>This plugin will display the name of the WordPress Template in use for the current page at the bottom of the page. It will only show in the front end when you are logged in. Just deactivate the plugin when you find which template you need to adjust.</p>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<p>Just activate the plugin and when logged in as an Admin look at the front end view of a WordPress theme, look at the bottom of the page to see which WordPress template the current theme is using.</p>


Which Template Am I

Works like a charm, thanks for the plugin.

Great plugin

This plugin will display the name of the WordPress Template in use for the current page at in the footer. It only shows for logged in administrators.

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