Description

Retrieve path of category template in current or parent template.

Works by retrieving the current category ID, for example 'category-1.php' and will fallback to category.php template, if the category ID file doesn't exist.

Usage

<?php get_category_template() ?>

Parameters

None.

Return Values

(string): Returns path of category template in current or parent template.

Examples

Notes

Uses: apply_filters() Calls 'category_template' on file path of category template.
Uses: locate_template()
Uses: get_query_var() on 'cat'.

Filters

Calls 'category_template' filter on found path:
apply_filters('category_template', $template)

Change Log

Since: 1.5.0

Source File

get_category_template() is located in wp-includes/template.php.

https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Filter_Reference/category_template

See also index of Function Reference and index of Template Tags.

WordPress.org

Codex

Function Reference/get category template

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