get_page_template() │ WP 1.5.0

Retrieve path of page template in current or parent template.

Note: For block themes, use locate_block_template() function instead.

The hierarchy for this template looks like:

  1. {Page Template}.php
  2. page-{page_name}.php
  3. page-{id}.php
  4. page.php

An example of this is:

  1. page-templates/full-width.php
  2. page-about.php
  3. page-4.php
  4. page.php

The template hierarchy and template path are filterable via the {@see '$type_template_hierarchy'} and {@see '$type_template'} dynamic hooks, where $type is 'page'.

Uses: get_query_template()
1 time — 0.0007071 sec (slow) | 50000 times — 1.84 sec (fast)

No Hooks.

Return

String. Full path to page template file.

Usage

get_page_template();

Examples

0

#1 Get the template file of the current page 

echo get_page_template();
//> /home/public_html/wp-content/themes/theme-name/page.php

Notes

Changelog

Since 1.5.0 Introduced.
Since 4.7.0 The decoded form of page-{page_name}.php was added to the top of the template hierarchy when the page name contains multibyte characters.

get_page_template() code WP 6.7.1

wp-includes/template.php 
function get_page_template() {
	$id       = get_queried_object_id();
	$template = get_page_template_slug();
	$pagename = get_query_var( 'pagename' );

	if ( ! $pagename && $id ) {
		/*
		 * If a static page is set as the front page, $pagename will not be set.
		 * Retrieve it from the queried object.
		 */
		$post = get_queried_object();
		if ( $post ) {
			$pagename = $post->post_name;
		}
	}

	$templates = array();
	if ( $template && 0 === validate_file( $template ) ) {
		$templates[] = $template;
	}
	if ( $pagename ) {
		$pagename_decoded = urldecode( $pagename );
		if ( $pagename_decoded !== $pagename ) {
			$templates[] = "page-{$pagename_decoded}.php";
		}
		$templates[] = "page-{$pagename}.php";
	}
	if ( $id ) {
		$templates[] = "page-{$id}.php";
	}
	$templates[] = 'page.php';

	return get_query_template( 'page', $templates );
}

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