php - WordPress child theme files in subdirectory not overriding -

i modifying wordpress theme using child theme. in child theme folder, have created folder called "includes" (just parent) , have made edits content-post.php, content-single.php , content-single-portfolio.php files. have added functions.php file in child folder:

require_once( get_stylesheet_directory() . 'includes/content-post.php' ); require_once( get_stylesheet_directory() . 'includes/content-single.php' ); require_once( get_stylesheet_directory() . 'includes/content-single-portfolio.php' ); 

this causes 500 internal error , i'm not sure why.

reference: http://codex.wordpress.org/child_themes

http://systemspecialist.net/2013/04/16/add-customized-files-includes-folder-to-wordpress-child-theme/

i tried solution , same 500 error: wordpress child theme including includes files

get_stylesheet_directory()

returns absolute server path (eg: /home/user/public_html/wp-content/themes/my_theme), not uri.

your code converted absolute url like

/home/user/public_html/wp-content/themes/my_themeincludes/content-single-portfolio.php

get_stylesheet_directory() should followed forward slash

require_once( get_stylesheet_directory() . '/includes/content-post.php' );

your best option check error log, 500 error message related php timeout, specially if site working fine before did php modification.

you can try doing 1 one each file

//checking if file exist if ( file_exists( get_stylesheet_directory() . '/includes/content-post.php') ) {     //require file if exist,      require_once( get_stylesheet_directory() . '/includes/content-post.php' ) } else {     /* echo if file doesn't exist, if message wasn't displayed , still 500 error there's wrong on php file above*/     _e('file not found'); }