Overriding Template Files not possible in Oxygen Theme Builder

I would like to override your plugin’s templates by following < https://strongtestimonials.com/docs/customizations/custom-templates/initial-steps/ > (replace this with the corresponding URL from the plugin documentation).

I use Oxygen which disables themes.

I am wondering if there is a filter to change the plugin template override path so I can override your plugin’s templates from within a custom functionality plugin?

Others like WooCommerce (woocommerce_locate_template), EDD (edd_template_paths) and RCP (rcp_template_stack) provide them.

Examples:

https://wpdevdesign.com/how-to-override-woocommerce-templates-using-a-custom-functionality-plugin/

https://github.com/wplit/Oxygen-EDD-Support/blob/master/plugin.php

https://github.com/wplit/Oxygen-RCP-Support/blob/master/plugin.php

Thanks for your help.

Hi @keyinora!

Thanks for reaching out! In regards to overriding the template path; this cannot be changed to point outside the theme. However, there is a filter that will enable you to listen to the path called, with this you can return a different path for your specific templates.

Here is the file that has all available filters listed;
https://github.com/bigcommerce/bigcommerce-for-wordpress/blob/master/src/BigCommerce/Templates/Controller.php#L136

Thank you, Heather!

However, I was able to figure out how to hook into what I needed. For anyone using Oxygen Builder below is what you need to.

Single Template:

 $product = new BigCommerce\Post_Types\Product\Product(get_the_ID());
  $single  = BigCommerce\Templates\Product_Single::factory([
    BigCommerce\Templates\Product_Single::PRODUCT => $product,
  ]);
  $data = $single->get_data();

Below this, use the template code in templates\public\components\products\product-single.php. The only thing you will have to update is the PHP variables to pull from the “$data”. Example: $title to $data->title.

Archive:

$archive = BigCommerce\Templates\Product_Archive::factory([
  BigCommerce\Templates\Product_Archive::QUERY => $GLOBALS['wp_query'],
]);
$data = $archive->get_data();

Below this, use the template code in templates\public\components\catalog\product-archive.ph and do like above.

I hope this helps someone!