WP_Theme::get_post_templates()publicWP 4.7.0

Returns the theme's post templates.

Method of the class: WP_Theme{}

No Hooks.

Return

Array[]. Array of page template arrays, keyed by post type and filename, with the value of the translated header name.

Usage

$WP_Theme = new WP_Theme();
$WP_Theme->get_post_templates();

Changelog

Since 4.7.0 Introduced.
Since 5.8.0 Include block templates.

WP_Theme::get_post_templates() code WP 6.4.3

public function get_post_templates() {
	// If you screw up your active theme and we invalidate your parent, most things still work. Let it slide.
	if ( $this->errors() && $this->errors()->get_error_codes() !== array( 'theme_parent_invalid' ) ) {
		return array();
	}

	$post_templates = $this->cache_get( 'post_templates' );

	if ( ! is_array( $post_templates ) ) {
		$post_templates = array();

		$files = (array) $this->get_files( 'php', 1, true );

		foreach ( $files as $file => $full_path ) {
			if ( ! preg_match( '|Template Name:(.*)$|mi', file_get_contents( $full_path ), $header ) ) {
				continue;
			}

			$types = array( 'page' );
			if ( preg_match( '|Template Post Type:(.*)$|mi', file_get_contents( $full_path ), $type ) ) {
				$types = explode( ',', _cleanup_header_comment( $type[1] ) );
			}

			foreach ( $types as $type ) {
				$type = sanitize_key( $type );
				if ( ! isset( $post_templates[ $type ] ) ) {
					$post_templates[ $type ] = array();
				}

				$post_templates[ $type ][ $file ] = _cleanup_header_comment( $header[1] );
			}
		}

		$this->cache_add( 'post_templates', $post_templates );
	}

	if ( current_theme_supports( 'block-templates' ) ) {
		$block_templates = get_block_templates( array(), 'wp_template' );
		foreach ( get_post_types( array( 'public' => true ) ) as $type ) {
			foreach ( $block_templates as $block_template ) {
				if ( ! $block_template->is_custom ) {
					continue;
				}

				if ( isset( $block_template->post_types ) && ! in_array( $type, $block_template->post_types, true ) ) {
					continue;
				}

				$post_templates[ $type ][ $block_template->slug ] = $block_template->title;
			}
		}
	}

	if ( $this->load_textdomain() ) {
		foreach ( $post_templates as &$post_type ) {
			foreach ( $post_type as &$post_template ) {
				$post_template = $this->translate_header( 'Template Name', $post_template );
			}
		}
	}

	return $post_templates;
}