Example
add_filter('template_include', 'custom_function');
function custom_function($template){
/*
* This example is a little more advanced.
* It will check to see if $template contains our post-type in the path.
* If it does, the theme contains a high level template e.g. single-cpt.php
* If not we look in the plugin parent folder for the file. e.g. single-cpt.php
*/
//check to see if the post type is in the filename (high priority file)
//return template if it is!
global $post;
if( strpos($template, 'single-'.$post->post_type.'php' ) !== false && strpos($template, 'archive-'.$post->post_type.'php' ) !== false ){
return $template;
}
$plugin_path = 'var/etc/wp-content/plugins/plugin'; //include own logic here...
if( is_singular($post->post_type) && file_exists($plugin_path.'/single-'.$post->post_type.'.php') ){
$template= $plugin_path.'/single-'.$post->post_type.'.php';
} elseif ( is_archive($post->post_type) && file_exists($plugin_path.'/archive-'.$post->post_type.'.php') ) {
$template= $plugin_path.'/archive-'.$post->post_type.'.php';
}
return $template;
}
