Retrieves path of single template in current or parent template. Applies to single Posts, single Attachments, and single custom post types.

Description

The hierarchy for this template looks like:

1. {Post Type Template}.php
2. single-{post_type}-{post_name}.php
3. single-{post_type}.php
4. single.php

An example of this is:

1. templates/full-width.php
2. single-post-hello-world.php
3. single-post.php
4. single.php

The template hierarchy and template path are filterable via the ‘$type_template_hierarchy’ and ‘$type_template’ dynamic hooks, where $type is ‘single’.

See also

• get_query_template()

Return

Source

function get_single_template() {
	$object = get_queried_object();

	$templates = array();

	if ( ! empty( $object->post_type ) ) {
		$template = get_page_template_slug( $object );
		if ( $template && 0 === validate_file( $template ) ) {
			$templates[] = $template;
		}

		$name_decoded = urldecode( $object->post_name );
		if ( $name_decoded !== $object->post_name ) {
			$templates[] = "single-{$object->post_type}-{$name_decoded}.php";
		}

		$templates[] = "single-{$object->post_type}-{$object->post_name}.php";
		$templates[] = "single-{$object->post_type}.php";
	}

	$templates[] = 'single.php';

	return get_query_template( 'single', $templates );
}

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