wp-content/themes/simple-theme/api-template.php

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/*
- * Template name: api-template
- * description: >-
- */

wp-content/themes/simple-theme/functions.php

@@ -2,25 +2,6 @@
 
 require get_theme_file_path('/api-posts/api-posts.php');
 
-// Add rewrite rule
-add_action('init', function () {
-    add_rewrite_rule('api-template/?$', 'index.php?static_template=api-template', 'top');
-    flush_rewrite_rules(); // Only needed for local development
-});
-
-// Whitelist the custom query var
-add_filter('query_vars', function($queryVars) {
-    $queryVars[] = 'static_template';
-    return $queryVars;
-});
-
-// Conditionally render the custom template
-add_action('template_include', function($template) {
-    if (get_query_var('static_template') == 'api-template') {
-        return get_template_directory(). '/api-template.php';
-    }
-    return $template;
-});
 
 // ? get variables (globally)
 function gV($gv)