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I've recently come into a couple situations where having a default post template by ID would come in VERY HANDY.
Since pages already get this treatment {page-ID.php} it would seem a logical extension for posts.
If this is too convoluted, just a plain ID template for posts/pages/what-have-you would be awesome.
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page-ids are far fewer in number (for most people)... Posts are more numerous.
There already is a default post template (single.php or single-post.php). If you need custom posts, you're supposed to use custom post-types.
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If you have a single post that you want to be display in a specific way, it sounds like you have a page, or, at most, a custom post type.
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I understand the template hierarchy well; there is no way to set a specific template for a single post however. I feel the API is lacking in this regard.
Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
Azuaron's right, you use CPTs for that :)
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The Hybrid framework has a more advanced template hierarchy, one is the post-ID.php file. if you still need it, the function required for this is in functions/template-hierarchy.php file: http://themehybrid.com/hybrid-core
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Easy enough to accomplish with a few lines of code in your single.php:
global $post;
if ($post && $post->ID = 123) {
include TEMPLATEPATH . '/single-123.php';
exit();
}
Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
http://codex.wordpress.org/Post_Type_Templates
http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy#Page_display
We can do it for pages, not posts (yet).
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This piece of code will do the trick. Place it in your functions.php or functionality plugin.
<?php
function my_single_template_by_post_id( $located_template ) {
return locate_template( array( sprintf( "single-%d.php", absint( get_the_ID() ) ), $located_template ) );
}
add_filter( 'single_template', 'my_single_template_by_post_id' );Gist: https://gist.github.com/4184748
BTW, I don't think this should ever be implemented into core. There are a handful of filters out there that can help you target the right template file of your choice (the majority of WordPress users will simply never use this feature). And it hurts how easy it is to implement.
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