Change directory where get_header(), get_footer() and get_sidebar() look for templates

Question

I'm creating my own theme framework, and I want to organize my code, separating the partials files from the pages.

But I want to do that and still use the native functions get_header(), get_footer() and get_sidebar().

How can I change this functions to look for the templates on the directory partials/ instead of the theme's root directory?

Answer 1

Simple solution, use get_template_part().

For example:

get_template_part( 'partials/footer' ); 

Which would get the footer.php inside the partials/ directory.

Another example:

get_template_part( 'partials/footer', 'home' ); 

Which would get the footer-home.php inside the partials/ directory.

One more example:

get_template_part( 'partials/footer/blog' ); 

Which would get the blog.php inside the partials/footer/ directory.