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Change the ‘overloading template’ location for the BP templates.

@snd26

Participant

10 years ago

Does anyone know how I can setup a directory in my custom plugin to use for overloading BP templates?

Theme Compatibility & Template Files

By default, you can modify any BuddyPress templates by copying it over from:

/bp-templates/bp-legacy/buddypress/

To:

themes/my-theme/buddypress/

But how do you change (and rename) the location:

themes/my-theme/buddypress/

to:

plugins/my-plugin/templates/

As there are a few reasons I would prefer overloading BP templates in my custom plugin. Any help appreciated.

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@snd26

Participant

10 years ago
I’ve almost got it working:
```
function cm_load_template_filter() {	 
	bp_register_template_stack( 'cm_get_template_location');
}
add_filter( 'bp_located_template', 'cm_load_template_filter');	
	
function cm_get_template_location() {
	return dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/templates/';
}
```
This works most of the time but it doesn’t work in a few areas such as when I click load more to load more activity items. What else do I need to do to add to this code?
@shanebp

Moderator

10 years ago

You are registering your stack in a filter and overloading all templates.
I’m not sure if this will solve your Load More issue, but have you tried this approach?

Template Overload from a Plugin

@snd26

Participant

10 years ago

That did it.

I was looking for a while how to do this but I must of missed that page.

Thanks @shanebp

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