[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #19063: Custom post_types and get_template_part

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#19063: Custom post_types and get_template_part
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 Reporter:  impleri      |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:
Component:  Template     |     Version:
 Severity:  minor        |  Resolution:  wontfix
 Keywords:  has-patch    |
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Comment (by impleri):

 Replying to [comment:15 c3mdigital]:
 > `get_template_part()` Is meant to be a simple tempting function that
 gets a template part.  This complicates our template hierarchy.  Couldn't
 you do basically the same thing in your archive.php file?  Put your
 function that returns the $slug-$type part then in your archive.php


 That's fine for theming stuff, but I'm coming at it from the perspective
 of a plugin author. I have a plugin which uses CPT to display books. For
 someone to be able to use my plugin, they cannot simple install it. They
 have to either edit their template files (as you suggest) or create their
 own template files. So, are you suggesting that I, as a plugin author,
 create a theme template and require users to use it or roll their own just
 so that my CPT is actually viewable?

 This kind of leaving third party developers out to dry is a reason why
 I've slowly left using WP. Both Joomla and Drupal have this kind of
 functionality out of the box. Sad, because I'd rather use WP than the
 others or forking WP for such a small change. All I'm asking is for post
 types to be included in the get_post_template() magic and an additional WP
 hook to allow plugins to define initial template parts for those CPT.

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