1. How Does get_template_partHow Does get_template_partHow Does get_template_part
Works In Twenty Ten Theme
How Does get_template_part
Works In Twenty Ten Theme
By: Rozani Ghani
http://rozanighani.com/

2. What Exactly
GET_template_part is?
• get_template_part is used to load a template
part into a template (other than header,part into a template (other than header,
sidebar, footer)
• get_template_part is used for child theme
development but actually is not just for child
theme development only, is there more thantheme development only, is there more than
that.

3. Let See how GET_template_part
is originated?
• We see how get_template_part works.
• This example may vary with how developer• This example may vary with how developer
perception but this is just to illustrate how the
the get_template_part works.
• I use index.html as the very famous example.
• As a clear example, I use the index.php in• As a clear example, I use the index.php in
Twenty Ten Theme.

4. Index.html
• A wordpress index.html mostly consist of
these 4 basic template php files: header.php,these 4 basic template php files: header.php,
index.php, sidebar.php and also footer.php.
• I visualize these files in order to understand
get_template_part is.

5. How Does get_template_partHow Does get_template_partHow Does get_template_part
Works In Twenty Ten Theme
How Does get_template_part
Works In Twenty Ten Theme
By: Rozani Ghani http://rozanighani.com/

6. Header.php
Index.html
Index.php Sidebar.php
Footer.php
• We break the index.html into
the basic wordpress template
files.

7. Header.php
• We break the index.html into the basic wordpress template files. That is header.php,
index.php, sidebar.php and footer.php
Index.html
Index.php Sidebar.php
Footer.php

8. Header.php <?php get_header(); ?>
• We break the php into standard WordPress Codex tags.
Index.php Sidebar.php Index.php
<?php
get_sidebar();
?>
Footer.php <?php get_footer(); ?>

9. • Suppose there is a code to
replace index.php that is
How About index.php?
<?php get_header(); ?>
replace index.php that is
<?php get_index (); ?>
• After search in the
WordPress codex, <?php
get_index (); ?> is not exist.
• I prefer not to discuss
get_index because
Index.php
<?php
get_sidebar();
?>
get_index because
WordPress already done
stuff to make the index.php
working smoothly.
<?php get_footer(); ?>

10. Next…
• We going directly to get_template_part.
• But first, we going to understand this example.• But first, we going to understand this example.
• <?php get_template_part( $slug, $name ); ?>
• <?php get_template_part( 'loop', 'index' ); ?>
• What the heck are these?

11. What is $slug and $name?
• At the 1st sight, I don’t really understand what
$slug and $name are.$slug and $name are.
• But, I take them as these:
 $slug as $ parent
 $name as $child
• As I take them like that, it much easier to• As I take them like that, it much easier to
understand get_template_part and very much
of child theme

12. Recall…
• <?php get_template_part( $slug, $name ); ?>
can be written alsocan be written also
is <?php get_template_part( $slug ); ?>
• We going to convert those code such as
get_header into get_template_part (‘header’)

13. We going to convert those code such as get_header into
get_template_part (‘header’)
<?php
get_template_part(‘header’); ?>
<?php get_header(); ?>
<?php
get_template_part
(‘index’); ?>
<?php
get_template_
part(‘sidebar’)
; ?>
Index.php
<?php
get_sidebar();
?>
; ?>
<?php
get_template_part(‘footer’); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

14. We can conclude that the get_template_part works like this.
<?php get_header(); ?>
<?php get_template_part(‘index’); ?> <?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

15. The real index.php of Twenty Ten Theme looks like this.
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div id="container">
<div id="content" role="main">
<?php get_template_part( 'loop', 'index' );?>
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
</div><!-- #content -->
</div><!-- #container -->
<?php get_footer(); ?>

16. Index.php of Twenty Ten Theme
• Its look this:
The index.php is using <?php• The index.php is using <?php
get_template_part (‘loop’, ‘index’); ?>

17. Why?
• <?php get_template_part (‘loop’, ‘index’); ?>
is used to load loop-index.php.is used to load loop-index.php.
• What if loop-index.php not exists?
• get_template_part will load loop.php

18. Back to $slug and $name
Coding Technically
• Codex:
File Rename Technically
• Codex:• Codex:
• <?php get_template_part(
$slug, $name ); ?>
• Example:
• <?php get_template_part(
'loop', 'index' ); ?>
• Codex:
• $slug-$name.php
• Example:
• loop-index.php
'loop', 'index' ); ?>
• must have “-” between
$slug and $name

19. Why $parent and $child?
• To me, it is easier to understand and not much
confused.confused.
• Back to loop-index.php, this file already a child
php file.
• If <?php get_template_part (‘loop’, ‘index’); ?>
try to load loop-index.php but it fail, it willtry to load loop-index.php but it fail, it will
load her parent php file which is loop.php
• Agree ?

20. How Does get_template_partHow Does get_template_partHow Does get_template_part
Works In Twenty Ten Theme
How Does get_template_part
Works In Twenty Ten Theme
By: Rozani Ghani http://rozanighani.com/

21. Another Example Much Similar
• If you have Twenty Ten Theme, you should the
the footer.php file. See this:the footer.php file. See this:
• Much prettier right? But it is for sidebar.
• That code will load sidebar-footer.php• That code will load sidebar-footer.php

22. sidebar-footer.php
• <?php get_sidebar( 'footer' );?>
• is similar to• is similar to
• <?php get_template_part ( 'footer' );?>
• Why?
• Look the php file which is sidebar-footer.php
• Revise back what you have learn.

23. How Does get_template_partHow Does get_template_partHow Does get_template_part
Works In Twenty Ten Theme
How Does get_template_part
Works In Twenty Ten Theme
By: Rozani Ghani http://rozanighani.com/