Is there a way I can make the header and footer appear on all pages without placing get_header(); or get_footer(); in each of the separate page files? Is there something I can do in the loop or somewhere else that automatically does this?
You want to show get_header() and get_footer() to all the pages. For that you just mention get_header() and get_footer() in each custom template you have created. By default you can place it inside page.php file.
Also if you want to use custom header and custom footer , then you need to create header-custom.php and footer-custom.php file and call them inside any template like the following.
get_header('custom');
get_footer('custom');
It works with just placing them in the page.php file of your theme.
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My theme doesn't support custom headers when trying via a plugin so i was wondering if there was another way around this?
Tested WP Header Images by adding some code in header.php, but doesn't seem to work.
Tried the plugin Unique Headers, but it pops a message that the theme doesn't provide custom header when activating it.
By default, there is the same header for every WordPress page of the site. But how to call different header in WordPress? For that, create a new header-your page.php file i.e create a header file for the page you want a different header. Suppose you want a different header on about page. Create a header-about.php file and keep it in the Theme folder.
Then, go in page template file say page.php and replace the header code with
<?php
if(is_page(about))
{
get_header('about');
}
else
{
get_header();
}
wp_head();
?>
You can see, is_page is used to check the page id for “about” page. The function get_header is used for calling a new header file. Simply, the above code is informing WordPress that if someone opens the page, which is ‘about’ then WordPress will display a file called header-about.php if it is existing. If not, then WordPress will render the default header file.
This way, you can call different WordPress headers on different pages.
I have a custom page template built in a child theme and I need to call out a custom header.
I have template-home.php page template calling out
<?php get_header('home'); ?>
for the header.
I have a saved wp-header-home.php with a little custom button that I need to get.
The page template is unsuccessful at calling out the custom header-home, rather it's calling out the default wp-header.php. I can see when I add my changes into that file, they're reflected.
So, what's going on? Why does my
<?php get_header('home'); ?>
not work to get the wp-header-home.php? What am I doing wrong?
This is the site in question: http://va.northwaydesigns.com
Create the file with header-home.php
I need to add a header Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * into one of my template files. How would I do this I would like it to be for just this specific template so that its not site wide,
I think you're looking for is_page_template();
<?php
if(is_page_template('your-page-template.php')) { //Change this to the path to your wordpress template
//Add your code here...
} ?>
you can create a custom template page and call the custom Header on this template.
To create a page and apply a page template
use this code to create page template
First you need to have a single page. There are several ways to do it, one is to create a page in wordpress, then use the ID and create a file page-ID.php in the theme folder. Other way is to create a template file which you can select from the side menu in the wordpress editor.
In that page, you can add the php header and the code you want to show.
I have a template page I have created myself. On it, I add the header used in the WordPress theme using:
get_header();
However, in it, only on this page, I need to add HTML tag. If I add it after the above code, it is not in the section. I do not want to add it to the theme's header, because, as I explained, I do not need this meta tag on other pages. Also, I do not want to copy the whole header in my template's file, as this is duplicate code and it doesn't seem right to me.
Put the changes in your header.php by using conditional tags.
For example, in your header.php, add something like this:
<?php
if (is_page_template( 'templates/YOUR_PAGE_TEMPLATE.php' ) ):
//Your code goes here
endif;
?>
You can use other conditional tags to suit your needs.
I have a .php file which uses some WP functions e.g. get_stylesheet_directory_uri(), query_posts, etc... and $wpdb of course.
File it self return JSON data so it is not intended for viewing on its own.
I'm not looking for template, or clicking around in WP dashboard, I just want to know where is the good place in WP file structure to put the .php file and expect WP functions and object to be available.
And also what do I need to include at the top?
You can create custom template in theme root directory or in child theme (child theme is important when you are creating custom template).
template should contain template name, header and footer function.
eg. custom-tpl.php
<?php
Template Name: My Custom Temlate
get_header();
//your other functions and content goes here
get_footer();
after creating template it will appear in your edit page template section under drop down. select custom template for your page and view page you will get your output
You can create a custom page template.
Inside the page template:
<?php
global $wpdb;
[here you will write your code]
?>
On the front pages where you want the json output, use this url
http://domainname.com/wp-content/themes/themename/custompagetemplatename.php
Use your domain name (domainname), theme name (themename) and theme template file name (custompagetemplatename) in place of example names in the url. This url will return you the output for your code.
About this comment in your template:
<?php
/* Template Name: Full Width Page */
?>
You do not need a template name in the header of your file unless you want to use this as a template for pages in wordpress.