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1. danielsun
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   Hi. This might (and SHOULD) be a no-brainer, but I just can't figure it out:

   I have category Bears and Whales and templates for each: category-1.php and category-2.php, which display list of posts from each category.
   Now I want to display a single post "Teddy Bear" with different styling (template) than the post "Willy the Whale" which are both in different categories.
   How do I do that?

2. danielsun
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   come on guys it only a simple one!
   please?

3. Christine
   WP Yogi & Forum Moderator
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   If I understand correctly, you want the single post from category 1 to be different from the single post in category 2.

   To do that, you could use the following in your single.php file (I think... I haven't tested this).

   <?php if (in_category( "1" ) {
        do this.....
   }else if(in_category("2") {
        do that....
   }?>

   Obviously, you would replace the do this, do that with the proper php/html code that you want to use for each category post.

4. danielsun
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   Yes, I want exactly that, i want separate templates for two separate types of post (two categories).
   I know i can do this in php, im a programmer, but, heck, is there no way doing it "properly" ?? Don't tell me WP can't do that!

5. danielsun
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   Thanks crondeau, the single.php actually works. But again, if this is the only solution it IS ugly.

6. emanoelmelo
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   try this on the functions.php:

   add_filter('single_template', create_function('$t', 'foreach( (array) get_the_category() as $cat ) { if ( file_exists(TEMPLATEPATH . "/single-{$cat->term_id}.php") ) return TEMPLATEPATH . "/single-{$cat->term_id}.php"; } return $t;' ));

   Code grabbed from somewhere this forum.

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