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Custom Post Template
5 replies · Started by Robbert on April 7, 2019
Hi, this is probably a question that's been asked before, but from the support topics I read I still didn't understand it fully.
I'm trying to create a custom post layout so I can add some custom fields that will be the same on all those posts.
I thought I could simply copy single.php and put in the child theme folder as single-posttemplate.php and then I could select it in the post editor under Page Attributes. However, it doesn't show up. Or does this only apply to pages?
Some clarification would be appreciated. Thanks!
Hi there,
Did you add the /* Template Name: part to the top of the file?: https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/template-files-section/page-template-files/#creating-custom-page-templates-for-global-use
Let me know :)
Hi Tom, I did add that indeed, and I do see the option to select the template when I make a new page. However, I think I misunderstood something, so please correct me if I'm wrong:
If I want to make a template for posts, I need to make a new custom post type first, and then single-customposttypename.php will be used for that? Meaning you can only have one template per custom post type, not multiple templates you can select in a dropdown menu like you can with pages.
Am I understanding it correctly?
Best, Rob
If it's just a template used for posts, you don't need to create a custom post type.
You'd just need to do something like this in the file header:
/*
* Template Name: Featured Article
* Template Post Type: post, page, product
*/Thanks, Tom, it works. Don't know what I did wrong earlier.
Glad I could help! :)
