Title: Show Template Author: Matt Martz Published: May 13, 2009 Last modified: September 12, 2010 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/show-template.svg) # Show Template By [Matt Martz](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sivel/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/show-template.1.1.zip) * [Details](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/show-template/#description) * [Reviews](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/show-template/#reviews) * [Installation](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/show-template/#installation) * [Development](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/show-template/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/show-template/) ## Description Prints an html comment in the footer of every page letting you know which template file of your theme was used for the display. This plugin is aimed towards theme developers and for theme support. It is recommended to only have this plugin activated during development or support as it will expose your file system path structure. Props to [Joel Fisher](http://flushinc.com/) for the idea behind this plugin. ### Upgrade 1. Use the plugin updater in WordPress or… 2. Delete the previous `show-template` folder from the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 3. Upload the new `show-template` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory ### Usage 1. Install and activate. 2. View source of your blog through your web browser. You will see a html comment in the form of `` ## Installation 1. Upload the `show-template` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory or install directly through the plugin installer. 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress or by using the link provided by the plugin installer ## FAQ Why is the html comment not showing in the view source of my site? This plugin requires that your themes footer.php contain `` directly above the `` tag. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5a889a30d274e1dfd8f903629ba14cd3a4e8903ff30388974a9c93e3add007e5? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Effective and light weight](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/effective-and-light-weight/)󠁿 [Designerbot3](https://profiles.wordpress.org/designerbot3/) September 3, 2016 This remains in my standard toolkit for wordpress development. Since it creates a comment in the code, it has zero chance of interfering with my design. [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/show-template/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Show Template” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Matt Martz ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sivel/) [Translate “Show Template” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/show-template) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/show-template/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/show-template/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/show-template/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/show-template/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.1 (2010-09-12): * Use the WordPress 3.0 logic in determining the template file to include * Add additional functionality to detect when a plugin or theme has intercepted the template loader #### 1.0 (2009-05-13): * Initial Public Release ## Meta * Version **1.1** * Last updated **16 years ago** * Active installations **80+** * WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **3.1.4** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/show-template/) * Tags * [development](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/development/)[show](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/show/) [template](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/template/)[theme](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/theme/) * [Advanced View](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/show-template/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/show-template/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/show-template/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/show-template/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/show-template/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/show-template/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/show-template/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/show-template/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Matt Martz ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sivel/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/show-template/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](http://sivel.net/donate)