[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #39740: Twenty Seventeen: Allow child themes to use front-page.php when front page is set to "Your Latest Posts"

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#39740: Twenty Seventeen: Allow child themes to use front-page.php when front page
is set to "Your Latest Posts"
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 Reporter:  johnnyb        |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)   |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal         |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Bundled Theme  |    Version:  4.7.2
 Severity:  normal         |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                 |
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 == What's Happening: ==
 If a child theme of Twenty Seventeen has a `front-page.php` file, and the
 Reading settings are set to have "Your Latest Posts" as the front page,
 Twenty Seventeen's `twentyseventeen_front_page_template()` function,
 called on the `frontpage_template` filter, sets the template to an empty
 string instead of the child theme's `front-page.php`, so `index.php` gets
 used.

 == What I expect: ==
 I expect the child theme's `front-page.php` to be used if present, no
 matter what the Reading settings are for the front page, as
 [https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/basics/template-hierarchy/#front-
 page-display described in the codex]. This is the default behaviour.

 == Relevant Code: ==
 Here's TwentySeventeen's `twentyseventeen_front_page_template()` function,
 for reference:

 {{{
 /**
  * Use front-page.php when Front page displays is set to a static page.
  *
  * @since Twenty Seventeen 1.0
  *
  * @param string $template front-page.php.
  *
  * @return string The template to be used: blank if is_home() is true
 (defaults to index.php), else $template.
  */
 function twentyseventeen_front_page_template( $template ) {
         return is_home() ? '' : $template;
 }
 add_filter( 'frontpage_template',  'twentyseventeen_front_page_template'
 );

 }}}
 Link to [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/src/wp-
 content/themes/twentyseventeen/functions.php?rev=40024#L530 location in
 code viewer].

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