I browsed forums but most answers on this are vague. Can someone please advise if we can use this include(locate_template('template_name.php')); to include template parts. Any help is appreciated!

Can we use include(locate_template('...')) to include templates?

fuelthemes April 2, 2016, 2:29pm 4

No you can’t use that in WP themes.

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