Ticket #6801: 6801-alternative-ordering.diff

wp-includes/template-loader.php

@@ -23 +23 @@
         } else if ( is_tax() && $template = get_taxonomy_template()) {
                 include($template);
                 return;
+        } else if ( is_front_page() && $template = get_front_page_template() ) {
+                include($template);
+                return;
         } else if ( is_home() && $template = get_home_template() ) {
                 include($template);
                 return;
@@ -75 +78 @@
         }
 }
 
-?>
- No newline at end of file
+?>

wp-includes/theme.php

@@ -829 +829 @@
 }
 
 /**
+ * Retrieve path of front-page template in current or parent template.
+ *
+ * First attempt is to look for a page specific template either based on 
+ * the '_wp_page_template' page meta, the page slug and the page id.
+ * The second attempt is to look for 'front-page.php' before falling back
+ * to 'page.php' and ultimately falling back to 'index.php' if none of
+ * these exist.
+ *
+ * @since 3.0.0
+ * @uses apply_filters() Calls 'front_page_template' on file path of template.
+ *
+ * @return string
+ */
+function get_front_page_template() {
+        global $wp_query;
+
+        $templates = array();
+        $templates[] = "front-page.php";
+
+        // If we are showing a page on the front give priority to the page specific templates.
+        if ( 'page' == get_option('show_on_front') ) {
+                $templates[] = basename(get_page_template());
+        } else if ( 'posts' == get_option('show_on_front') ) {
+                $templates[] = basename(get_home_template());
+        }
+
+        return apply_filters('front_page_template', locate_template($templates));
+}
+
+/**
  * Retrieve path of page template in current or parent template.
  *
  * Will first look for the specifically assigned page template