Template hierarchy in Wordpress - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to load the main template file in WordPress.

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get_template_part('[1]');

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Aheader

Bindex

Cfooter

Dsidebar

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Common Mistakes

Using 'header' or 'footer' instead of 'index' loads other template parts, not the main one.

Forgetting to pass the template name as a string.

The get_template_part('index') function loads the main template file named index.php in WordPress.

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medium

Complete the code to load the template for a single post in WordPress.

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get_template_part('[1]');

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Asingle

Bpage

Carchive

Dsearch

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Common Mistakes

Using 'page' loads the page template, not single posts.

Using 'archive' loads archive pages, not single posts.

The single.php template is used to display individual posts. Using get_template_part('single') loads this template part.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to load the category template correctly.

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get_template_part('[1]');

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Acategory

Bcategories

Ccat

Darchive-category

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Common Mistakes

Using 'categories' or 'cat' which do not match the template file name.

Using 'archive-category' which is not a standard template part.

The correct template part for category archives is category.php. So, get_template_part('category') loads it properly.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a conditional that loads the author template only on author archive pages.

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if (is_[1]()) {
  get_template_part('[2]');
}

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Aauthor

Barchive

Dsingle

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Common Mistakes

Using is_archive() which is more general and not specific to authors.

Loading the wrong template part like 'single' instead of 'author'.

The function is_author() checks if the page is an author archive. The template part author.php is loaded with get_template_part('author').

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a custom loop that loads the content template only for posts in the 'news' category.

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if (have_posts()) {
  while (have_posts()) {
    the_post();
    if (in_category('[1]')) {
      get_template_part('[2]', '[3]');
    }
  }
}

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Anews

Bcontent

Dsingle

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using the wrong category slug or template part names.

Not passing the second argument to get_template_part for variations.

This code checks if posts belong to the 'news' category using in_category('news'). It then loads the content-single.php template part with get_template_part('content', 'single').