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calderawp/file-locator
======================

Return a file path or file contents, checking in child theme, then theme, then as an absolute file path.

1.0.0(11y ago)2701GPL-2.0+PHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Feb 27Pushed 11y ago2 watchersCompare

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CalderaWP File Loader
=====================

[](#calderawp-file-loader)

Return a file path or file contents, checking in child theme, then theme, then as an absolute file path.

### Usage

[](#usage)

```
    //Load a file called "food.html" from current themes "templates" folder
    $file = calderawp_file_locator( 'templates/food.html' );
    if ( is_string( $file ) ) {
        echo $file;
    }

    //load a php file from your plugin, if a file "noms.php" of same name is not in template
    $file = calderawp_file_locator( 'noms.php' );

    //By default only file extensions php|html|htm are allowed.
    //TO override this use the "calderawp_file_locator_allow_extensions" filter before calling it, like this:
    add_filter( 'calderawp_file_locator_allow_extensions', function( $allowed, $context ) {
    	if ( 'slug_json_loader' === $context ) {
    		$allowed = array( 'json' );
    	}

    	return $allowed;

    }, 10, 2 );

    return calderawp_file_locator( 'hats.json', 'slug_json_loader' );

    //Use a special single-{$post-type}.php, in this case single-hat.php from plugin if theme/child theme doesn't have that file.
add_filter( 'template_includes', function( $template ) {
	if ( 'single-hat.php' == $template && ! is_file( calderawp_file_locator( $template ) ) ) {
		$template = calderawp_file_locator( trailingslashit( plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ ) ) . $template );
	}

	return $template;

}, 10 );

```

### Can't you do this in WordPress Already?

[](#cant-you-do-this-in-wordpress-already)

@see

### License, Copyright etc.

[](#license-copyright-etc)

Copyright 2015 [CalderaWP LLC](https://CalderaWP.com) & [Josh Pollock](http://JoshPress.net).

Licensed under the terms of the [GNU General Public License version 2](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html) or later. Please share with your neighbor.

The actual file locating code is basically copypasta from  (c) Pods Foundation. Much GPL, very thanks.

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 47% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4146d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ca938daf3f2a666cd32c7bdb6e30714da6fe0e6cd5012fe4864b18afae43fbcd?d=identicon)[Shelob9](/maintainers/Shelob9)

---

Top Contributors

[![Shelob9](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1994311?v=4)](https://github.com/Shelob9 "Shelob9 (2 commits)")

---

Tags

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