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WP Template Viewer

Description

Ever wanted to take a quick look at a theme template file without opening an editor? Or wondered what template files were used to display the current page?

This plugin displays all theme template file names in use for the current page in a toolbar menu. File names are shown in the order they were included. File content is displayed in the footer of your site by clicking a file name.

Only admins and super admins have access to the toolbar menu and file content.

For more information see the plugin documentation

Note: Display of file content only works if the current theme follows the recommended practice of calling the wp_footer() template tag (most theme’s do).

Filters can be used to change (override) the default settings or behavior of the plugin.

For example,

  • Allow specific users access to the menu and content. (convenient for troubleshooting with others)
  • Also include plugin files.
  • Show the menu in the footer instead of the toolbar.

For more information see the filter documentation.

Roadmap

  • Show content with popular syntax highlighter plugins.

Screenshots

  • The WP Template Viewer toolbar menu.
  • File menu in the footer with part of the content of single.php.
  • Content of index.php.

Installation

  • Unzip the wp-template-viewer.zip folder.
  • Upload the wp-template-viewer folder to your /wp-content/plugins directory.
  • Activate wp-template-viewer.
  • That’s it, now you are ready to use the plugin.

Note: There’s no settings page for this plugin.

Reviews

13 November 2019
No more hesitation to find the good template to work with. "Where's the north ?" "Hmm... i think i'm gonna hovering on the admin-bar !" It's like Magic ! Merci beaucoup pour ce beau travail.
29 March 2017
Wow! Simply wonderful! This plugin is everything I needed to stop wasting time when I need to modify any theme!
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Contributors and Developers

“WP Template Viewer” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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Change Log

1.0.0

  • Add more specific css to display viewer on top.
  • Add the current template to the toolbar

0.1.2

  • Added links to select text an hide or show files in the footer.
  • Added custom capability ‘view_wp_template_viewer’ for users.

0.1.1

  • Added a menu item to see the menu in the footer.
  • Better color coding for menu items

0.1

  • Initial commit.