Title: [Plugin: Widget Builder] Error in get_template_hierarchy…
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Widget Builder] Error in get_template_hierarchy…

 *  Resolved [drbigfresh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drbigfresh/)
 * (@drbigfresh)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-widget-builder-error-in-get_template_hierarchy/)
 * There is an error in your code. This function:
    function get_template_hierarchy(
   $template, $class = null) { // whether or not .php was added $template = rtrim(
   $template, ‘.php’);
 * if ( $theme_file = locate_template( array($this->token . ‘/’ . $template . ‘.
   php’) ) ) {
    etc…
 * locate_template() needs the .php extension or it doesn’t work. Or I screwed up,
   but that ended up making it work for me with a child theme…
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/widget-builder/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/widget-builder/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Timothy Wood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codearachnid/)
 * (@codearachnid)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-widget-builder-error-in-get_template_hierarchy/#post-2756071)
 * Great catch! I will take a look further and add in error proofing for this in
   the next bugfix.
 *  Plugin Author [Timothy Wood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codearachnid/)
 * (@codearachnid)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-widget-builder-error-in-get_template_hierarchy/#post-2756121)
 * So the more I’ve tested this I’m not sure I’m having the same issue you stated
   with the lookup – any chance you could give me details about how you’re using
   the template hierarchy method?
 *  Plugin Author [Timothy Wood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codearachnid/)
 * (@codearachnid)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-widget-builder-error-in-get_template_hierarchy/#post-2756149)
 * Looks to be working.
 *  Plugin Author [Timothy Wood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codearachnid/)
 * (@codearachnid)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-widget-builder-error-in-get_template_hierarchy/#post-2756202)
 * the template pathing folder has been updated in the lastest release v1.3 – let
   me know if you continue to have issues.

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 * Last reply from: [Timothy Wood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codearachnid/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-widget-builder-error-in-get_template_hierarchy/#post-2756202)
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