Title: Template Map Author: Jon Christopher Published: 18. Juli 2014 Last modified: 10. Februar 2022 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/template-map/assets/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=951721) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/template-map_d59f6f.svg) # Template Map By [Jon Christopher](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jchristopher/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/template-map.1.0.1.zip) * [Details](https://ltz.wordpress.org/plugins/template-map/#description) * [Reviews](https://ltz.wordpress.org/plugins/template-map/#reviews) * [Installation](https://ltz.wordpress.org/plugins/template-map/#installation) * [Development](https://ltz.wordpress.org/plugins/template-map/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/template-map/) ## Description Template Map is a utility plugin designed to make the creation and management of navigation elements in your custom theme that much easier. It abstracts the need to hard code post IDs and the like from your global and header navigation systems( if you choose to not use Menus) for instance. #### For Example Many times you may use something like the following to build your main site navigation: ``` ``` That works great during initial development, and continues to hold up when you migrate to production en masse for the first time. But what about when you’re making subsequent updates and the post IDs in your development environment are different than those in production? You could take the time to sync the databases each and every time, but that’s a bit overkill. Here’s where Template Map comes in to play: ``` ``` Template Map allows you to _dynamically_ retreive your desired post ID based on the Page Template you told it to use. Page Template filenames rarely (if ever) change, so it’s the core concept of Template Map’s implementation. Everything works backwards from here. Naturally this philosophy assumes your Page Template is used only once, it’s important to keep that in mind. Modern client sites often use unique Page Templates for the‘ parent’ pages of each site section. #### Current Site Section Template Map also makes it easier to determine whether the current page is within a site ‘section’ which is defined as a top level Page with a unique Page Template that has any number of child Pages and/or Custom Post Types within it. This is very useful when trying to set a ‘current’ state in your navigation, for example: ``` ``` Based on the same principle you can use this utility method to properly orient yourself when outputting conditional classes contingent on the current page being within a ‘secton’ on your site. ## Installation 1. Upload `templatemap` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. Replace calls to `get_permalink( 83 )` with `get_permalink( TemplateMap()->get_id_from_template(' template-about.php' ) )` where `template-about.php` is the Page you wish to link ## FAQ ### How do I define Custom Post Types within a section? There’s a filter for that. `template_map_post_types` accepts two parameters, the second of which is the Page Template filename in question. You can conditionally return an array of CPT names that will be utilized when checking to see whether the current page is within the section in question. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Template Map” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Jon Christopher ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jchristopher/) [Translate “Template Map” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/template-map) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/template-map/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/template-map/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/template-map/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/template-map/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0.1 * When using maybe_in_section you can pass a 2nd parameter to force a parent ID #### 1.0 * Initial release ## Meta * Version **1.0.1** * Last updated **4 Joren ago** * Active installations **10+** * WordPress version ** 3.9 or higher ** * Tested up to **5.9.0** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/template-map/) * Tags * [link](https://ltz.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/link/)[template](https://ltz.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/template/) * [Advanced View](https://ltz.wordpress.org/plugins/template-map/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/template-map/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/template-map/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Jon Christopher ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jchristopher/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/template-map/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](http://mondaybynoon.com/donate/)