Is it possible to override default plugin template with Bricks?

[nickwe]

Hello,

I’m a newbie and would like to know if it’s possible to overrride a plugin template ?

I’m using the eventin plugin to handle my events, and this is the procedure to manually override their template:

Pretty basic and common, just copy their single-event.php to the bricks-child folder template.

But when I do that, I would like to be able to modify the template inside Bricks and not manually with a text editor.

The eventin plugin create the Custom Post Type “Events” so I’ve already tried to create a Bricks “Single” template of type “Post” “Events”

But I can’t make bricks to use it to show my events

So the real question is, is there some magic code to put inside that single-event.php file so Bricks would be used to modify/create the Single event template of eventin ?

Eventin even create a lot (31) of custom fields that are recognised by Bricks as dynamic data which would be easy to integrate to that template:

I’ve asked the eventin developpers if they’re going to support Bricks at some time, they replied yes but with no date.

They already support Oxygen for single event template, so I guess it should not be hard to have something working with Bricks

Thanks and Regards,

Nicolas.

[bordzee]

This is what ive looking for but it seems no one in the bricks community nor the developers saw this post.

[peterteszary]

It would be great to make it work. I am facing the same issue.

[nickwe]

Since my initial post, I have tested the solution presented in the following two brickslabs article:

• Modern Events Calendar in Bricks - BricksLabs
• Single Event Template for The Events Calendar in Bricks - BricksLabs

It was working but I didn’t make any further investigation as my client was finally happy with the default template from eventin.

[peterteszary]

Thanks for the help, but these are Pro (restricted) content. Also, I have an Eventin License, so I would like to solve the problem with it. But Thank You for your help. I’ve sent to Bricks and ThemeWinter a ticket about the problem, hope it will be fixed soon.

[bret]

For those interested, I found a way to bypass the Eventin templates using template redirects. While the solution requires code snippets, it’s much easier than copying, pasting, and editing folders and files on the server:

Redirect the Eventin archive template to the Bricks archive template

<?php 
add_action('template_redirect', 'disable_eventin_archive_template', 1);

function disable_eventin_archive_template() {
    // Check if we're on the Eventin 'etn' post type archive
    if (is_post_type_archive('etn')) {
        // Get the path to the default archive template (Bricks)
        $bricks_template = get_theme_file_path('archive.php');
        
        // Override Eventin's template
        include($bricks_template);
        exit; // Stop further execution
    }
}

Redirect the Eventin single post template to the Bricks single post template

<?php  
add_action('template_redirect', 'redirect_single_event_to_bricks_template', 1);

function redirect_single_event_to_bricks_template() {
    // Check if we're on a single Eventin post
    if (is_singular('etn')) {
        // Get the path to the default single template (Bricks)
        $bricks_template = get_theme_file_path('single.php');
        
        // Include the Bricks template
        include($bricks_template);
        exit; // Stop further execution
    }
}

There are other template types as well. I haven’t gotten though them all yet.