How to Create Custom Post and Page Templates in WordPress

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Custom Page Templates

• To create a new template for pages
• Go into the theme folder of twenty-fifteen( found under wp-content/themes/twentyfifteen )
• Create a copy of the file called page.php, and name it
• Open it up with your favorite text editor

It should look something like this:

• • The first thing you want to do is add the following at the top of the code. Right below the PHP opening tag ( <?php )

• • So the commented area should look something like this:

• With the code above added to the top of the code as a PHP comment
• The template system of WordPress now recognizes this as a custom page template.
• Go to your admin dashboard_add new/edit page section
• You will see a new dropdown appear in the Page Attributes meta box on the right side
• Now make the edits to the page template
• You can edit anything in the code, as long as you have the Template Name: Roundup in the header

Custom Post Templates

• It’s almost the same process, but you’ll need a plugin to work
• There are two popular plugins, Custom Post Template and Single Post Template

With Custom Post Template Plugin

• • First, install it
  • Go to the page.php file and look for single.php
  • As we did for the page templates, make a copy of it, and name it
  • Open it with your favorite text editor
  • Should looks something like this:

• • Then add the following at the top. As  PHP comment.

• • After you added the php comment and installed the plugin, on the post editor, you should see a new meta box appear, titled “Post Template“

• • With Single Post Template Plugin
  • Difference is the PHP Comment you have to add on the top

• • This one, adds the meta box under the editor, and not on the sides
  • Works the same as all the above

• You can edit anything, add/remove anything
• If you want to perform queries, you have to have either WP_Head() or wp_header() in your file

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