Is it possible for a file in the plugin directory to be used as a custom Page Template?
Also, how do you make a plugin create a page?
I'm developing a plugin for a client based on a theme, he wants this plugin to make sales pages while being able to use his theme on the homepage. This is a product that I'm making for him to market so it needs to be automated all through the plugin.
Is this possible?
EDIT
I have the activation/deactivation hooks in my plugins main file, and it's not working. Here's the code:
$filename = __FILE__;
register_activation_hook($filename, 'superActivation');
register_deactivation_hook($filename, 'superDeactivation');
global $myFile; global $fh; global $stringData; global $filename;
$myFile = "testFile.txt";
$stringData = "Testing\n";
$fh = fopen($myFile, 'w') or die("can't open file");
function superActivation() {
global $myFile; global $fh; global $stringData; global $filename;
fwrite($fh, $stringData);
fclose($fh);
}
function superDeactivation() {
$myFile = "testFile.txt";
unlink($myFile);
}
You can do this with the template_redirect hook. Here's my code to manually replace the template for a custom post type with one in the theme if there isn't one in the template folder. Put this in your plugin file and then put a folder underneath your plugin called themefiles with your default theme files.
//Template fallback
add_action("template_redirect", 'my_theme_redirect');
function my_theme_redirect() {
global $wp;
$plugindir = dirname( __FILE__ );
//A Specific Custom Post Type
if ($wp->query_vars["post_type"] == 'product') {
$templatefilename = 'single-product.php';
if (file_exists(TEMPLATEPATH . '/' . $templatefilename)) {
$return_template = TEMPLATEPATH . '/' . $templatefilename;
} else {
$return_template = $plugindir . '/themefiles/' . $templatefilename;
}
do_theme_redirect($return_template);
//A Custom Taxonomy Page
} elseif ($wp->query_vars["taxonomy"] == 'product_categories') {
$templatefilename = 'taxonomy-product_categories.php';
if (file_exists(TEMPLATEPATH . '/' . $templatefilename)) {
$return_template = TEMPLATEPATH . '/' . $templatefilename;
} else {
$return_template = $plugindir . '/themefiles/' . $templatefilename;
}
do_theme_redirect($return_template);
//A Simple Page
} elseif ($wp->query_vars["pagename"] == 'somepagename') {
$templatefilename = 'page-somepagename.php';
if (file_exists(TEMPLATEPATH . '/' . $templatefilename)) {
$return_template = TEMPLATEPATH . '/' . $templatefilename;
} else {
$return_template = $plugindir . '/themefiles/' . $templatefilename;
}
do_theme_redirect($return_template);
}
}
function do_theme_redirect($url) {
global $post, $wp_query;
if (have_posts()) {
include($url);
die();
} else {
$wp_query->is_404 = true;
}
}