{"id":857,"date":"2012-09-12T10:31:10","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T20:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/?p=857"},"modified":"2012-09-12T10:31:10","modified_gmt":"2012-09-12T20:31:10","slug":"custom-post-type-templates-in-plugins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/custom-post-type-templates-in-plugins\/","title":{"rendered":"Custom Post Type Templates in Plugins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Problem<\/p>\n<p>I made a plugin that created a custom post type, but the only way I could customize the single-customposttype.php and archive-customposttype.php is by placing the files into the theme. \u00a0It would be nice if everythere could be contained in the plugin and the theme could override if needed.<\/p>\n<p>Solution<\/p>\n<p>WordPress to the rescue&#8230; There is a filter called &#8216;template_include&#8217; that can be used to set the template. \u00a0It&#8217;s a general filter so you&#8217;ll need to check for your post type.<\/p>\n<pre><code>add_filter( 'template_include', 'my_plugin_templates' );\nfunction my_plugin_templates( $template ) {\n\u00a0 \u00a0 $post_types = array( 'project' );\n\n\u00a0 \u00a0 if ( is_post_type_archive( $post_types ) &amp;&amp; ! file_exists( get_stylesheet_directory() . 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