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Templates & Styles

Directory layout

• includes/templates/: default template files shipped with the plugin (reply.php, new_comment.php, pending.php).
• includes/templates/styles/{modern,plain,compact}/: style-specific template folders (each style contains its own template files).

Managing templates

• The admin page provides an HTML editor (TinyMCE supported).
• "Load selected style" will read the corresponding files from includes/templates/styles/<style>/ and attempt to write them into includes/templates/. If writing fails, the plugin will save templates into the pcn_templates option.
• When saving: the plugin preserves PHP source code inside templates; however, for security the admin "Preview" strips PHP before rendering to avoid executing server-side PHP.

Template variables

• Common variables: {{blogname}}, {{parent_author}}, {{parent_content}}, {{reply_author}}, {{reply_content}}, {{comment_link}}, {{unsubscribe_url}}.

Customization & fallback

• Keep custom templates under version control or in a child theme. If you want to prevent style file writes, make includes/templates/ read-only — the plugin will then use the database-backed template fallback.