WordPress Ideas » Topic: Child pages utilize parent page template https://wordpress.org/ideas/topic/child-pages-utilize-parent-page-template WordPress Ideas » Topic: Child pages utilize parent page template en-US Mon, 12 Jun 2017 00:51:40 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1 gratisspiele on "Child pages utilize parent page template" https://wordpress.org/ideas/topic/child-pages-utilize-parent-page-template#post-31395 Fri, 03 Feb 2017 08:30:03 +0000 gratisspiele 31395@https://wordpress.org/ideas/ That would be really helpful with many websites. In sight, I would save time.

]]> Luke on "Child pages utilize parent page template" https://wordpress.org/ideas/topic/child-pages-utilize-parent-page-template#post-31380 Tue, 31 Jan 2017 16:21:04 +0000 Luke 31380@https://wordpress.org/ideas/ If the child page doesn't have a template (within the theme). The child looks if the parent page has a template. If so, use that template otherwise traverse the template hierarchy further.

Link to current Template Hierarchy: https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/basics/template-hierarchy/#single-page

Current template hierarchy concerning single pages:
- custom template file.
- page-{slug}
- page-{id}
- page.php
- singular.php
- index.php

Suggested template hierarchy:
- custom template file.
- page-{slug}
- page-{id}
- page-{parent-slug}
- page-{parent-id}
- page.php
- singular.php
- index.php

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