If I decide not to use Themes, is it advisable to do the following?

  • I’m building a special page that I’d like to exclude from my Themes folder called “special.php”. It’s going to have a completely different css look than the other pages.

    I’m putting this page in my root WP folder so that users can call it via “domain.com/special.php” rather than “domain.com/wp-content/themes/mytheme/special.php”

    I’ve so far figured out that all I have to do is turn off the themes feature in this special page:

    <?php
    /* Short and sweet */
    define(‘WP_USE_THEMES’, false);
    require(‘wp-blog-header.php’);
    ?>

    But should I be aware of any other issues should I decide to do this?

    Thanks.

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  • Don’t do that.

    Build your special page as a complete page.
    It must have the link to wp-blog-header.php to use any wp functions
    Do not call the wp css, call your own.

    Thread Starter marc0047

    (@marc0047)

    Thanks…! Actually I’m still building a complete page like this:

    ————
    <?php
    /* Short and sweet */
    define(‘WP_USE_THEMES’, false);
    require(‘wp-blog-header.php’);
    ?>

    <html>
    <body>

    content, WP loops, separate CSS, etc.

    </body>
    </html>

    ————

    I’ve just had considerable trouble with the query_posts and the posts_nav_link, and I was wondering if it was because I was building my page outside the Themes folder.

    But if all that is required is the ‘wp-blog-header.php’ to be called, then I can at least rule that out as a variable…!

    Thanks again.

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