Stop overriding files because of updates

[Marcus Müller]

Hi,
I have made several changes to the plugin`s php files and stylesheet. The problem is: with every update there is an override of my changes. How can I solve this issue please?

[Stephen Harris]

Hi Marcus,

If it’s a template then you can simply copy it to your theme. The plugin will choose that template over the default ones, and your changes will remain when you update the plug-in.

As for the stylesheet, I’d recommend you make the changes in your theme. If you need to edit the plug-in stylsesheet you can instead copy it to your theme (call it event-organiser.css for example) and add this snippet to your theme’s functions.php:

add_filter( 'eventorganiser_stylesheet_src_eo_front', function( $src ) {
     //This will load the front end stylesheet from themes/your-theme/event-organiser.css
     //rather than use the stylesheet in plugins/event-organiser/css/eventorganiser-front-end.css
     return get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . 'event-organiser.css';
} );

For any other files it’s not possible, though generally the plug-in provides enough hooks to modify the behaviour of the plug-in.

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