Combining Plugin and Theme

  • Hello @all,

    I’d like to know if there is a documented way how to integrate a WP-Theme into a plugin, so that it will be automaticly be activated while the plugin running.

    So i could to give one product to my costumer which will do everything he needs in fronetd as well as in backend…

    kind regards and Thank you ??

    • This topic was modified 6 years, 9 months ago by lazercaveman.
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  • Please refer to this documentation: https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Developer_Documentation

    Moderator bcworkz

    (@bcworkz)

    https://developer.www.ads-software.com/reference/functions/switch_theme/

    Thread Starter lazercaveman

    (@lazercaveman)

    Hello, thanks for answers,

    the client shouldnt have to do anything but to install the plugin, so the related (and inside of the plugin included theme) should get installed and activated by activating the plugin.

    So it’s not about changing the theme.php, it’s about automization of processes out of the plugin. I want to realize a plugin and frontent-theme combination.

    note: i did not found a solution out of the codex ??

    • This reply was modified 6 years, 9 months ago by lazercaveman.
    Moderator bcworkz

    (@bcworkz)

    Once the theme files are in place, all you need to do is switch to that theme. The files can be placed with normal PHP file handling functions. The problem is mainly that the themes folder is not always where it normally is by default. The global $wp_theme_directories will contain the proper paths where additional themes can be installed.

    I don’t know when this is established, it probably isn’t set when plugins are loaded, so some action like “init” should be hooked before trying to use this value.

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