Title: Template-tags.php & Child Theme
Last modified: August 30, 2016
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# Template-tags.php & Child Theme
* Resolved [caroline](https://wordpress.org/support/users/makeupedia/)
* (@makeupedia)
* [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/template-tagsphp-child-theme/)
* I [already read this thread](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-and-template-tagsphp?replies=16)
but couldn’t solve it.
* I noticed that my childtheme template-tags.php does not work, instead it uses
the parent.
* Changed _get\_template\_directory()_ to _get\_stylesheet\_directory()_, gave
nothing but error.
* Is there anything important I have missed here?
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* [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
* (@alchymyth)
* [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/template-tagsphp-child-theme/#post-6438792)
* you cannot re-use a the full code of template-tags.php in a child theme, even
if you get the folder structure and the ‘require…’ code right.
* the way to change functions which are created in the parent theme’s template-
tags.php, depends on what exactly you want to customize.
* some of the functions are ‘pluggable’ – [https://codex.wordpress.org/Pluggable_Functions](https://codex.wordpress.org/Pluggable_Functions)
* other functionalities might be added via _filter_, in which case you can remove
the filter and add a new one – [https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Filter_Reference](https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Filter_Reference)
* other functionalities might be added via _actions_, in which case you can remove
the action and add a new one – [https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference](https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference)
* Thread Starter [caroline](https://wordpress.org/support/users/makeupedia/)
* (@makeupedia)
* [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/template-tagsphp-child-theme/#post-6439091)
* I understand and removed the childs template-tags.php, but still `` gives error.
* Could it be that my child theme can’t reach the parent template-tags.php?
* I took the php entry-meta code from parent template-tag.php and put it in my
childs functions.php. After that, the entry meta author and date showed up, but
not the categories and tags which still gave error.
* Why it still won’t work when I rely on parents templates and have deleted my
child ones is a mystery for me.
* Thread Starter [caroline](https://wordpress.org/support/users/makeupedia/)
* (@makeupedia)
* [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/template-tagsphp-child-theme/#post-6439102)
* Solved!
* I had to copy this from parent template-tags.php into child functions.php.
* No idea why but seems like my child don’t read the parents template-tags.php.
* ```
if ( ! function_exists( 'twentyfifteen_entry_meta' ) ) :
/**
* Prints HTML with meta information for the categories, tags.
*
* @since Twenty Fifteen 1.0
*/
function twentyfifteen_entry_meta() {
if ( is_sticky() && is_home() && ! is_paged() ) {
printf( '%s', __( 'Featured', 'twentyfifteen-child' ) );
}
$format = get_post_format();
if ( current_theme_supports( 'post-formats', $format ) ) {
printf( '%1$s%3$s',
sprintf( '%s ', _x( 'Format', 'Used before post format.', 'twentyfifteen-child' ) ),
esc_url( get_post_format_link( $format ) ),
get_post_format_string( $format )
);
}
if ( in_array( get_post_type(), array( 'post', 'attachment' ) ) ) {
$time_string = '';
if ( get_the_time( 'U' ) !== get_the_modified_time( 'U' ) ) {
$time_string = '';
}
$time_string = sprintf( $time_string,
esc_attr( get_the_date( 'c' ) ),
get_the_date(),
esc_attr( get_the_modified_date( 'c' ) ),
get_the_modified_date()
);
printf( '%1$s %3$s',
_x( 'Posted on', 'Used before publish date.', 'twentyfifteen-child' ),
esc_url( get_permalink() ),
$time_string
);
}
if ( 'post' == get_post_type() ) {
if ( is_singular() || is_multi_author() ) {
printf( '%1$s %3$s',
_x( 'Author', 'Used before post author name.', 'twentyfifteen-child' ),
esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) ),
get_the_author()
);
}
$categories_list = get_the_category_list( _x( ', ', 'Used between list items, there is a space after the comma.', 'twentyfifteen' ) );
if ( $categories_list && twentyfifteen_categorized_blog() ) {
printf( '%1$s %2$s',
_x( 'Categories', 'Used before category names.', 'twentyfifteen' ),
$categories_list
);
}
$tags_list = get_the_tag_list( '', _x( ', ', 'Used between list items, there is a space after the comma.', 'twentyfifteen-child' ) );
if ( $tags_list ) {
printf( '%1$s %2$s',
_x( 'Tags', 'Used before tag names.', 'twentyfifteen-child' ),
$tags_list
);
}
}
if ( is_attachment() && wp_attachment_is_image() ) {
// Retrieve attachment metadata.
$metadata = wp_get_attachment_metadata();
printf( '%1$s %3$s × %4$s',
_x( 'Full size', 'Used before full size attachment link.', 'twentyfifteen-child' ),
esc_url( wp_get_attachment_url() ),
$metadata['width'],
$metadata['height']
);
}
if ( ! is_single() && ! post_password_required() && ( comments_open() || get_comments_number() ) ) {
echo '';
comments_popup_link( __( 'Leave a comment', 'twentyfifteen-child' ), __( '1 Comment', 'twentyfifteen-child' ), __( '% Comments', 'twentyfifteen-child' ) );
echo '';
}
}
endif;
/**
* Determine whether blog/site has more than one category.
*
* @since Twenty Fifteen 1.0
*
* @return bool True of there is more than one category, false otherwise.
*/
function twentyfifteen_categorized_blog() {
if ( false === ( $all_the_cool_cats = get_transient( 'twentyfifteen_categories' ) ) ) {
// Create an array of all the categories that are attached to posts.
$all_the_cool_cats = get_categories( array(
'fields' => 'ids',
'hide_empty' => 1,
// We only need to know if there is more than one category.
'number' => 2,
) );
// Count the number of categories that are attached to the posts.
$all_the_cool_cats = count( $all_the_cool_cats );
set_transient( 'twentyfifteen_categories', $all_the_cool_cats );
}
if ( $all_the_cool_cats > 1 ) {
// This blog has more than 1 category so twentyfifteen_categorized_blog should return true.
return true;
} else {
// This blog has only 1 category so twentyfifteen_categorized_blog should return false.
return false;
}
}
```
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## Tags
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* [childtheme](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/childtheme/)
* [template tags](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/template-tags/)
* 3 replies
* 2 participants
* Last reply from: [caroline](https://wordpress.org/support/users/makeupedia/)
* Last activity: [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/template-tagsphp-child-theme/#post-6439102)
* Status: resolved