Editing WordPress Templates Cookbook (section)

== Inserting a custom content template in a page ==

* Within the top-level WordPress template (e.g. `page.php`)
<syntaxhighlight lang="php">
<?php get_template_part( 'modules-sidebar-donate-link' ); ?>
</syntaxhighlight>
* The string passed as the argument to `get_template_part()` corresponds to a WordPress template in the '''themes''' directory. So `'modules-sidebar-donate-link'` means there should be a template named `modules-sidebar-donate-link.php`.
* Template markup goes in the template file (`modules-sidebar-donate-link.php` in this case).
** Content can be retrieved within the template using `WP_Query()`.
<syntaxhighlight lang="php">
<?php $query = new WP_Query("post_parent=123&post_type='page'&orderby=order&order=ASC"); /* 123 = "landing page slideshow" page */ ?>
</syntaxhighlight>
** Then a loop would be created within the template:
<syntaxhighlight lang="php">
<?php if ($query->have_posts()) while($query->have_posts()): $query->the_post(); ?>
<div><!--// Content inserted here using markup and WP content retrieval methods. //--></div>
<?php endwhile; ?>
</syntaxhighlight>