Themes: Avoid unnecessary check whether parent template file exists w…

…hen not using a child theme.

Prior to this change, the `locate_template()` function would unconditionally check whether the relevant template file exists in the parent theme, which for sites not using a child theme is an exact duplicate of the previous check. This is wasteful and has a small impact on performance since `file_exists()` checks have a cost.

Props nihar007, thekt12, spacedmonkey, mukesh27.
Fixes #58576.


git-svn-id: https://develop.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@56357 602fd350-edb4-49c9-b593-d223f7449a82

src/wp-includes/template.php

@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ function locate_template( $template_names, $load = false, $load_once = true, $ar
 		if ( file_exists( STYLESHEETPATH . '/' . $template_name ) ) {
 			$located = STYLESHEETPATH . '/' . $template_name;
 			break;
-		} elseif ( file_exists( TEMPLATEPATH . '/' . $template_name ) ) {
+		} elseif ( is_child_theme() && file_exists( TEMPLATEPATH . '/' . $template_name ) ) {
 			$located = TEMPLATEPATH . '/' . $template_name;
 			break;
 		} elseif ( file_exists( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/theme-compat/' . $template_name ) ) {