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Use parent category template for subcategories (see http://werdswords.com/force-sub-categories-use-the-parent-category-template/)
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<?php | |
/* | |
* Use Parent Category | |
* Description: Causes subcategories to use their parent's template | |
*/ | |
function new_subcategory_hierarchy() { | |
$category = get_queried_object(); | |
$parent_id = $category->category_parent; | |
$templates = array(); | |
if ( $parent_id == 0 ) { | |
// Use default values from get_category_template() | |
$templates[] = "category-{$category->slug}.php"; | |
$templates[] = "category-{$category->term_id}.php"; | |
$templates[] = 'category.php'; | |
} else { | |
// Create replacement $templates array | |
$parent = get_category( $parent_id ); | |
// Current first | |
$templates[] = "category-{$category->slug}.php"; | |
$templates[] = "category-{$category->term_id}.php"; | |
// Parent second | |
$templates[] = "category-{$parent->slug}.php"; | |
$templates[] = "category-{$parent->term_id}.php"; | |
$templates[] = 'category.php'; | |
} | |
return locate_template( $templates ); | |
} | |
add_filter( 'category_template', 'new_subcategory_hierarchy' ); |
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