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Timber\Theme

Need to display info about your theme? Well you've come to the right place. By default info on the current theme comes for free with what's fetched by Timber::context() in which case you can access it your theme like so:

PHP

<?php
<?php
$context = Timber::context();
Timber::render('index.twig', $context);
?>

Twig

<script src="{{theme.link}}/static/js/all.js"></script>

HTML

<script src="http://example.org/wp-content/themes/my-theme/static/js/all.js"></script>

Overview #

Properties #

NameTypeDescription
namestringthe human-friendly name of the theme (ex: My Timber Starter Theme)
versionstringthe version of the theme (ex: 1.2.3)
parentTimberTheme/boolthe TimberTheme object for the parent theme (if it exists), false otherwise
parent_slugstringthe slug of the parent theme (ex: _s)
slugstringthe slug of the theme (ex: my-super-theme)

Methods #

NameTypeReturns/Description
displayfalse/string
getfalse/stringString on success, false on failure.
linkstringthe absolute path to the theme (ex: http://example.org/wp-content/themes/my-timber-theme)
pathstringthe relative path to the theme (ex: /wp-content/themes/my-timber-theme)

Class Methods #

__construct #

__construct( mixed/string $slug=null )

returns: void

Constructs a new TimberTheme object. NOTE the TimberTheme object of the current theme comes in the default Timber::context() call. You can access this in your twig template via `{{site.theme}}.

NameTypeDescription
$slugmixed/string

PHP

<?php
<?php
$theme = new TimberTheme("my-theme");
$context['theme_stuff'] = $theme;
Timber::render('single.twig', $context);
?>

Twig

We are currently using the {{ theme_stuff.name }} theme.

HTML

We are currently using the My Theme theme.

display #

display( string $header )

returns: false/string

Gets a theme header, formatted and translated for display.

NameTypeDescription
$headerstringName of the theme header. Name, Description, Author, Version, ThemeURI, AuthorURI, Status, Tags.

Twig

{{ theme.display('Description') }}

get #

get( string $header )

returns: false/string String on success, false on failure.

Gets a raw, unformatted theme header.

NameTypeDescription
$headerstringName of the theme header. Name, Description, Author, Version, ThemeURI, AuthorURI, Status, Tags.

Twig

{{ theme.get('Version') }}

link( )

returns: string the absolute path to the theme (ex: http://example.org/wp-content/themes/my-timber-theme)


path #

path( )

returns: string the relative path to the theme (ex: /wp-content/themes/my-timber-theme)


theme_mod #

theme_mod( string $name, bool $default=false )

returns: string

NameTypeDescription
$namestring
$defaultbool

theme_mods #

theme_mods( )

returns: array


This class extends \Timber\Core