It'd be great to be able to set templates in the single.php file so that blog articles, not only pages, can be styled according to preset templates.
Template functionality for single.php
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Mark
MemberPosted: 6 years ago # -
Mark
MemberYou mean that you'd like to be able to select a template for a post just like you can set a template for a page? I can see some sense in that. For example if you have normal blog posts, but also recipes, I can imagine that it would be useful to be able to select the template 'recipe' when writing a new recipe.
On the other hand, those templates will have to be defined by a theme designer anyway. For the theme designer, it is perfectly easy to style posts in a certain category differently (using conditional tags like
in_category). For the end user, selecting the right category (recipes, in my example) may be even simpler than selecting a certain template.Posted: 6 years ago # -
Simon Wheatley
MemberI've written a plugin to do just this: Custom Post Template plugin
Posted: 4 years ago # -
Nile Flores
MemberThe plugin is a great idea, but I would like to see this considered for also possibly being put into the actual core one day.
Posted: 3 years ago # -
Mark McWilliams
MemberI'm not sure if this will be looked at for core, you'd have to speak to someone like Jane, or a core developer. But in general, I'd agree, if you can do it with a page, why can't you do it posts? - I am aware there are some themes that have created this functionality straight into the theme, which is powerful, but for the time being, you can't go wrong with that plugin! :)
Posted: 3 years ago # -
Jen Mylo
Key MasterI also recommend Simon's plugin. The functionality is great, but a little niche, so it stays in themes and plugins for now.
Posted: 3 years ago #
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