Template Overrides

The plugin’s front-end templates can be overridden from your theme, so you can restyle output without editing the plugin.

Override order

For any template, the plugin looks in this order and uses the first match:

1. yourtheme/academic-references/{template-name}.php
2. yourtheme/{template-name}.php
3. academic-references/public/partials/{template-name}.php (plugin default)

To override a template, copy the plugin default into a folder named academic-references inside your active theme, then edit your copy.

Templates you can override

Template	Used for
single-reference.php	The single reference view
reference-library.php	The [abt_reference_library] listing
dashboard.php	The [abt_dashboard] dashboard
my-references-dashboard.php	The user’s own references view
submit-reference-form.php	The front-end submission form
edit-reference-form.php	The front-end edit form
import-references.php	The front-end import form
export-references.php	The front-end export form

Hooks for templates

• abt_locate_template - filter the resolved template path programmatically.
• abt_get_template_part - filter the arguments passed to a template part.
• abt_before_template_part / abt_after_template_part - actions that run around a template part, useful for injecting markup without copying the template.

add_filter( 'abt_locate_template', function ( $template, $template_name ) {
    if ( 'single-reference.php' === $template_name ) {
        return MY_PLUGIN_DIR . 'templates/single-reference.php';
    }
    return $template;
}, 10, 2 );