Page Template Dropdown – Where is it looking?

Hi @arothman,

My child theme has other templates, so perhaps I’m just not clear on where this dropdown is looking for the list. What directory should I put the alternate template into for it to show up there?

We use this function for the drop-down: https://developer.www.ads-software.com/reference/functions/page_template_dropdown/, which uses this function to fetch the templates: https://developer.www.ads-software.com/reference/functions/get_page_templates/. So, you can place your template file in the root directory of your child theme and it will show in the drop-down.

The reason I was asking is that the dropdown is not showing the templates that are in the root. When I go to the normal Add Page in WP my ‘Page Templates’ dropdown has over a dozen options, but in WP All Import I’m only getting ‘Default’.

I was able to get this to work by using a custom function to force the correct template post-save:

function set_template( $post_id, $xml_node, $is_update ) {
$import_id = wp_all_import_get_import_id();
if ( $import_id == ‘1’ ) {
// Set the page template meta key.
update_post_meta( $post_id, ‘_wp_page_template’, ‘page-templates/current-job.php’ );
}
}
add_action( ‘pmxi_saved_post’, ‘set_template’, 10, 3 );