#13100 closed feature request (wontfix)
category template matches ancestor category, single post matches category filename
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Description
Dear wordpress developers,
There's two features which I think would be very useful in the wordpress template selection process. The first relates to categories - currently a category template file will be selected when the category of the selected post matches the filename of the template (category-catfoo.php). Because categories are hierarchichal (can be sub-categories) I suggest that if it can't find a template for the current category it should also also try to match ancestor template files.
The other feature which I suggest would be useful, is single post template matching using category names. For example, single-catfoo.php. This could also match on ancestor categories if none is found immediately (single-catrootfoo.php).
Best wishes,
Jim Redfern
Change History (5)
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15 years ago
I was able to achieve both types of matches using a few lines of code.
1) ancestor category template: This could cause significant overhead if you have deep nested categories.
2) single-cat template: This could cause unexpected results when a post is in multiple categories.
Hi Jim. The best place to make suggestions like this would be in the core features Ideas forum at http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas, so that non-developers can also weigh in. We try not to add feature request tickets in Trac until there has been some community discussion and there's a general agreement that it's something we should do, so that we can keep Trac focused on implementation rather than feature determination.
Note: You made two different suggestions in your ticket. Whether here or in the Ideas forum, it's best to create a separate ticket for each suggestion/bug report, so that they can be rated and/or handled effectively by the community.