Set Custom Theme on Install

[jesstucker]

I’m trying to have Trellis set to my custom wp theme on the initial vagrant up install, but struggling.

I’ve referenced this post in my attempt but I believe I am not specifying the path correctly.

Example in site/config/application.php:

define('CONTENT_DIR', '/app');
define('WP_CONTENT_DIR', $webroot_dir . CONTENT_DIR);
define('WP_CONTENT_URL', WP_HOME . CONTENT_DIR);
#Suggested to add the line below:
define('WP_DEFAULT_THEME', CONTENT_DIR . '/themes');

However, in my Sage 10 site/config/application.php file:

Config::define('CONTENT_DIR', '/app');
Config::define('WP_CONTENT_DIR', $webroot_dir . Config::get('CONTENT_DIR'));
Config::define('WP_CONTENT_URL', Config::get('WP_HOME') . Config::get('CONTENT_DIR'));
#Try 1: Prepend config, reference similar variables
Config::define('WP_DEFAULT_THEME', Config::get('CONTENT_DIR') . '/themes');
#Try 2: Add the specific theme name
Config::define('WP_DEFAULT_THEME', Config::get('CONTENT_DIR') . '/themes/mycustomsite-2021');
#Try 3: Hard code path to vm server
Config::define('WP_DEFAULT_THEME', '/srv/www/mycustomsite-2021/current/web/app/themes/mycustomsite-2021');
#Try 4: Same as try 1 above without prepended Config
define('WP_DEFAULT_THEME', Config::get('CONTENT_DIR') . '/themes');
#Try 5: Same as try 2 above without prepended Config
define('WP_DEFAULT_THEME', Config::get('CONTENT_DIR') . '/themes/mycustomsite-2021');
#Try 6: Same as try 3 above without prepended Config
define('WP_DEFAULT_THEME', '/srv/www/mycustomsite-2021/current/web/app/themes/mycustomsite-2021');

In many of these tries, it appears as if it is setting a new theme directory afterall, but thinking it’s in a different path.

Am I specifying the theme in the right file? What about those paths woes?

Thanks!
Jess

[strarsis]

Judging from the screenshot WordPress can see the proper sage-based theme, can you manually activate it? What path does the main stylesheet of that theme have (check Web Developer Tools Sources tab or the HTML source to find out).

[jesstucker]

Yes, I can manually activate the sage theme.

site/web/app/themes/mycustomsite-2021/style.css is the path for the theme style sheet

[strarsis]

Try to use the theme slug instead its path for WP_DEFAULT_THEME (https://wpseek.com/constant/wp_default_theme/#source).

[jesstucker]

Thanks @strarsis, that did it.
For posterity:

site/config/application.php

/**
 * Custom Content Directory
 */
Config::define('CONTENT_DIR', '/app');
Config::define('WP_CONTENT_DIR', $webroot_dir . Config::get('CONTENT_DIR'));
Config::define('WP_CONTENT_URL', Config::get('WP_HOME') . Config::get('CONTENT_DIR'));
Config::define('WP_DEFAULT_THEME', 'mycustomsite-2021');