[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #15803: Page Templates within Plugins

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#15803: Page Templates within Plugins
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 Reporter:  sterlo           |       Owner:                 
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  new            
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Plugins          |     Version:                 
 Severity:  normal           |    Keywords:                 
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Comment(by sterlo):

 Replying to [comment:4 coffee2code]:
 > Implementation of my most recent patch for #13239 can achieve this
 (among other things).
 >
 > In fact, my latest comment there includes example code for a plugin to
 override theme templates (by giving preference to templates defined in a
 sub-directory of the plugin's directory), which appears to be exactly what
 you're requesting.
 >
 > Depending on what you're doing and how you're doing it, though, your
 "theme independence" may meet with varying success in practice.

 Thank you!

 '''What I got from that''': Plugins should not provide Page Templates
 because the environment they would operate in is dependent on the Theme by
 nature.

 '''What I am thinking in regards to that''':
 As for the conflicts/varying success: I suppose if you name-spaced your
 markup and included your own CSS...it would turn out fine?

 A Theme includes it's Header/Footer - which may/may-not contain a wrapper
 around the content. But the code for the plugin's template can be written
 in such a way that it renders successfully with or without a container.

 For instance - a plugin that interacts with an outside API and returns
 data - but it needs to have it's own template to allow the user to
 manipulate that data.

 It can be built in a modular fashion so that it works independent of any
 theme.

 '''As for the patch''': Looks good to me. If it does what it needs to do
 then it would probably solve my needs.

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