Template File List – Wordpress

Wordpress-Cheat-Sheet-Sheet1.pdf

Basic Template Files
style.css Style sheet file
index.php Home Page file
single.php Single post page file
archive.php Archive or Category file
searchform.php Search form file
search.php Search content file
404.php Error page file
comments.php Comments template file
footer.php Footer content file
header.php Header content file
sidebar.php Sidebar content file
page.php Single page file
PHP Snippets for Header
bloginfo('name');
Title of the site
wp_title();
Title of the specific post or page
get_stylesheet_directory_uri();
The style.css file’s location
bloginfo('pingback_url');
Pingback URL for this site
bloginfo('template_url');
Location for the site’s theme files
bloginfo('version');
WordPress version for the site
bloginfo('atom_url');
Atom URL for the site
bloginfo('rss2_url');
RSS2 URL for the site
get_site_url();
Exact URL for the site
bloginfo('name');
Name of the site
bloginfo('html_type');
HTML version of the site
bloginfo('charset');
Charset parameter of the site
Navigation menu
Category Based Navigation
<ul id="menu">
<li <?php if(is_home()) { ?> class="current-cat" <?php } ?> >
<a href="<php%20bloginfo('home');%20?>">Home</a></li>
<?php wp_list_categories('title_li=&orderby=id'); ?>
</ul>
Pages based Navigation
<ul id="menu">
<li <?php if(is_home()) { ?> class="current_page_item" <?php } >>>
<a href="<php%20bloginfo('home');%20?>">Home</a></li>
<?php wp_list_pages('sort_column=menu_order&depth=1&title_li='); ?>
</ul>
Extra stuff
/%postname%/
Custom permalinks
include(TEMPATEPATH . '/x');
Include any file
the_search_query();
Value for search form
_e('Message');
Prints out message
wp_register();
Displays the register link
wp_loginout();
Displas the login/logout link
<!--next page-->
Divides the content into pages
<!--more-->
Cuts off the content and adds a read more link
wp_meta();
Meta for administrators
timer_stop(1);
Time to load the page
echo get_num_queries();
Queries to load the page

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