wp-includes/template.php:467Retrieves path of page template in current or parent template.
stringfunction get_page_template() { $id = get_queried_object_id(); $template = get_page_template_slug(); $pagename = get_query_var( 'pagename' ); if ( ! $pagename && $id ) { /* * If a static page is set as the front page, $pagename will not be set. * Retrieve it from the queried object. */ $post = get_queried_object(); if ( $post ) { $pagename = $post->post_name; } } $templates = array(); if ( $template && 0 === validate_file( $template ) ) { $templates[] = $template; } if ( $pagename ) { $pagename_decoded = urldecode( $pagename ); if ( $pagename_decoded !== $pagename ) { $templates[] = "page-{$pagename_decoded}.php"; } $templates[] = "page-{$pagename}.php"; } if ( $id ) { $templates[] = "page-{$id}.php"; } $templates[] = 'page.php'; return get_query_template( 'page', $templates );}Introduced in 1.5.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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src/wp-includes/template.php, and regenerated for each WordPress release so it tracks the code rather than a snapshot of it.