Template Page – editable through wp editor?

  • espressoguy

    (@espressoguy)


    15 years, 1 month ago

    Is it possible to have a wordpress page use a “Custom Template” and have the page be editable through the standard page editor? I notice that when I create a new page and have it use a custom template, any text I add into the Editor (ie in the “Dashboard” page editor for that page) does not then appear on the page. Nothing appears on the page unless I put it into the template.

    Is there a way for a page that uses a “Custom Template” to be “Editable” in the normal sense?

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  • stvwlf

    (@stvwlf)

    15 years, 1 month ago

    Yes, that is the normal behavior of custom template pages. It sounds like you don’t have a WordPress loop in the code on your custom template. Unless WordPress is instructed to display the contents you see when editing that page, it won’t display the content.

    A good way to start a custom template is to make a copy of page.php and add the customer template header code at the top of the copy. That insures your custom template contains the WordPress loop. Then you can make whatever code changes you require to the copy of page.php.

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