Template override but inside plugin folder

Poking thru wc source code, found out filter wc_get_template_part in wc_get_template_part function. I think it’d allow me to modify template loading path.

I was wrong, wc_get_template hook did the trick. Here’s the code:

# Allow to override WC /templates path with plugin folder /templates
add_filter('wc_get_template', 'my_WC_template', 10, 5);
function my_WC_template ($located, $template_name, $args, $template_path, $default_path) {
    $newtpl = str_replace('woocommerce/templates', 'my-plugin-dir/templates', $located);
    if ( file_exists($newtpl) )
        return $newtpl;
    return $located;
}

@gonzalezea,

wc_get_template() takes 4 parameters. The 3rd and 4th are for template path and default path.

So on your plugin main file in the plugin root directory define your plugin directory path with:

if ( ! defined( 'CUSTOM_PLUGIN_PATH' ) ) {
	define( 'CUSTOM_PLUGIN_PATH', plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ ) );
}

Then when you want to call the template do this:

wc_get_template( 'content-widget-product.php', array( 'show_rating' => false ), CUSTOM_PLUGIN_PATH . 'templates/', CUSTOM_PLUGIN_PATH . 'templates/' );

This assumes you are keeping the template in a directory named “templates”. Also you should follow the directory structure of the templates directory in the WooCommerce plugin. I use this for custom templates that don’t exist in WooCommerce as well like:

wc_get_template( 'content-daily-deal-widget-product.php', array( 'show_rating' => false ), DAILY_DEAL_PATH . 'templates/', DAILY_DEAL_PATH . 'templates/' );

This way users of your plugin can still override this template from the theme woocommerce directory.