get_category_template()
Retrieve path of category template in current or parent template.
Description Description
The hierarchy for this template looks like:
- category-{slug}.php
- category-{id}.php
- category.php
An example of this is:
- category-news.php
- category-2.php
- category.php
The template hierarchy and template path are filterable via the ‘$type_template_hierarchy’ and ‘$type_template’ dynamic hooks, where $type is ‘category’.
See also See also
Return Return
(string) Full path to category template file.
Source Source
File: wp-includes/template.php
function get_category_template() {
$category = get_queried_object();
$templates = array();
if ( ! empty( $category->slug ) ) {
$slug_decoded = urldecode( $category->slug );
if ( $slug_decoded !== $category->slug ) {
$templates[] = "category-{$slug_decoded}.php";
}
$templates[] = "category-{$category->slug}.php";
$templates[] = "category-{$category->term_id}.php";
}
$templates[] = 'category.php';
return get_query_template( 'category', $templates );
}
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Changelog Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 4.7.0 | The decoded form of category-{slug}.php was added to the top of the template hierarchy when the category slug contains multibyte characters. |
| 1.5.0 | Introduced. |