get_template_part( string $slug, string $name = null, array $args = array() )

Loads a template part into a template.

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Description Description

Provides a simple mechanism for child themes to overload reusable sections of code in the theme.

Includes the named template part for a theme or if a name is specified then a specialised part will be included. If the theme contains no {slug}.php file then no template will be included.

The template is included using require, not require_once, so you may include the same template part multiple times.

For the $name parameter, if the file is called "{slug}-special.php" then specify "special".

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Parameters Parameters

$slug

(string) (Required) The slug name for the generic template.

$name

(string) (Optional) The name of the specialised template.

Default value: null

$args

(array) (Optional) Additional arguments passed to the template.

Default value: array()

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Return Return

(void|false) Void on success, false if the template does not exist.

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Usage Usage

get_template_part( $slug );

get_template_part( $slug, $name );

Note: get_template_part() fails silently

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Source Source

File: wp-includes/general-template.php 

function get_template_part( $slug, $name = null, $args = array() ) {
	/**
	 * Fires before the specified template part file is loaded.
	 *
	 * The dynamic portion of the hook name, `$slug`, refers to the slug name
	 * for the generic template part.
	 *
	 * @since 3.0.0
	 * @since 5.5.0 The `$args` parameter was added.
	 *
	 * @param string      $slug The slug name for the generic template.
	 * @param string|null $name The name of the specialized template.
	 * @param array       $args Additional arguments passed to the template.
	 */
	do_action( "get_template_part_{$slug}", $slug, $name, $args );

	$templates = array();
	$name      = (string) $name;
	if ( '' !== $name ) {
		$templates[] = "{$slug}-{$name}.php";
	}

	$templates[] = "{$slug}.php";

	/**
	 * Fires before a template part is loaded.
	 *
	 * @since 5.2.0
	 * @since 5.5.0 The `$args` parameter was added.
	 *
	 * @param string   $slug      The slug name for the generic template.
	 * @param string   $name      The name of the specialized template.
	 * @param string[] $templates Array of template files to search for, in order.
	 * @param array    $args      Additional arguments passed to the template.
	 */
	do_action( 'get_template_part', $slug, $name, $templates, $args );

	if ( ! locate_template( $templates, true, false, $args ) ) {
		return false;
	}
}

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Uses Uses

Uses
Uses Description
wp-includes/general-template.php: get_template_part

Fires before a template part is loaded.
wp-includes/general-template.php: get_template_part_{$slug}

Fires before the specified template part file is loaded.
wp-includes/plugin.php: do_action()

Execute functions hooked on a specific action hook.
wp-includes/template.php: locate_template()

Retrieve the name of the highest priority template file that exists.

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Changelog Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
5.5.0 The $args parameter was added.
3.0.0 Introduced.

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User Contributed Notes User Contributed Notes

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    Contributed by Codex —

    Using with theme subfolders

    To use this function with subfolders in your theme directory, simply prepend the folder name before the slug. For example, if you have a folder called “partials” in your theme directory and a template part called “content-page.php” in that sub-folder, you would use get_template_part() like this:

    <?php get_template_part( 'partials/content', 'page' ); ?>
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    Contributed by pcarvalho —

    the old codex had this entry about “Passing Variables to Template”

    Because the template is being required, it will not have access to any variables you define within the calling theme’s PHP code, unless you explicitly declare them as global.

    However, load_template(), which is called indirectly by get_template_part() extracts all of the WP_Query query variables, into the scope of the loaded template. So you can use set_query_var() to make your variable available to the template part.

    // You wish to make $my_var available to the template part at `content-part.php`
set_query_var( 'my_var', $my_var );
get_template_part( 'content', 'part' );
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    Contributed by Codex —

    Using loop.php in child themes
    Assuming the theme folder is wp-content/themes, that the parent theme is twentyten, and the child theme is twentytenchild, then the following code —

    <?php get_template_part( 'loop', 'index' ); ?>

    will do a PHP require() for the first file that exists among these, in this priority:

    wp-content/themes/twentytenchild/loop-index.php
    wp-content/themes/twentyten/loop-index.php
    wp-content/themes/twentytenchild/loop.php
    wp-content/themes/twentyten/loop.php

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    Contributed by Vinobe —

    Passing variables after WordPress 5.5 update
    ======================================

    When calling function

    get_template_part(
	'template-part',
	'name',
	array(
		'key'	=> 'value',
		'key2'	=> 'value2'
	)
);

    In your template part

    var_dump( $args );	// Everything
echo $args['key'];	// Specific values
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    Contributed by Codex —

    Navigation
    Adding a navigation bar to theme using a generic nav.php template file:

    <?php get_template_part( 'nav' );           // Navigation bar (nav.php) ?>
<?php get_template_part( 'nav', '2' );      // Navigation bar #2 (nav-2.php) ?>
<?php get_template_part( 'nav', 'single' ); // Navigation bar to use in single pages (nav-single.php) ?>
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    Contributed by Selrond —

    Get a specific file

    Although this kind of defeats the purpose of this function, it’s also possible to load a specific template file with it. All you have to do is use just one argument:

    <?php get_template_part('template-parts/layout'); ?>

    will include layout.php from template-parts subdirectory placed in the root of your theme folder.

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    Contributed by captaincainer —

    A simple example of how to use the $args parameter in WordPress 5.5 in your template parts.

    <?php 

$args = array( 'section_title' => 'hello world' );

get_template_part( 'template-parts/file', 'name', $args ); // template-parts/file-name.php

    In your template part.

    <h2><?php echo __( $args['section_title'] ); ?></h2>

    Output: 

    <h2>hello world</h2>
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    Contributed by Felipe Marcos —

    Passing variables to get_template_part()

    It’s not possible to pass variables to a template loaded via get_template_part(). I came up with a workaround that doesn’t rely on global variables for it to work.

    /* functions.php */ 
function get_custom_template($file = '', $arguments = []) {
  extract($arguments);
  include( locate_template( $file .'.php', false, false ) );
}

    /* loop.php */ 
while( have_posts() ): 
  the_post(); 
  get_custom_template( 'content', [
	'is_featured' => true
  ]);
endwhile;

    Now, when we try to use $is_featured, it will be available to content.php only.

    /* content.php */ 
the_title(); 
the_content(); 
var_dump($is_featured); // true
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    Contributed by luboslives —

    If your web server is using ModSecurity, it will likely block attempts to inline SVGs using a PHP method like file_get_contents(). You can use get_template_part() to inline SVGs.

    1. Create a duplicate of your SVG, where icon.svg becomes inline-icon.svg.php
    2. Inline them in your template using get_template_part( 'images/inline', 'icon.svg' );

    At the time of writing, this works to get around the default OWASP rule set for ModSecurity. Not tested with other rule sets.

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    Contributed by Ahmad Karim —

    You can also access the template variables in your template part file by doing this:

    extract( $args );

echo $variable1;
echo $variable2;

    Your get_template_part will look something like this:

    $args = array(
	'variable1' => '$variable1 Value',
	'variable2' => '$variable2 Value',
);

get_template_part( 'template-parts/template-part-file', null, $args );

    – Keep in mind that the third argument $args has been added since version 5.5

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