[wp-hackers] Re: Parent-Child Themes and New Page Templates

[Ian Stewart]

>
> WP only looks for templates in the template directory. I'd like to
> see it patched so that any template file existing in the stylesheet
> directory takes precedence. Is that something you could do?
>

In a word, no. The spirit is willing but my code is weak.

That said, that would be an awesome development in WordPress theming. Adding
new template files from the stylesheet directory and overriding existing
ones would be a huge advance.

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Ian Stewart
www.ThemeShaper.com