Well… sort of.
You can create a page, and other than the required <?php /* Template Name: Whatever */ ?>, you don’t have to include any PHP. Technically it would be a php file and would have to be named htmlonly.php or something but I think that would work. I haven’t tested it though.
However, I’m not sure there is a good reason to try to incorporate this into WordPress at all. You can just create htmlonly.html, save it somewhere the server can find it, and create a link to it, so long as you don’t have naming conflicts.
That was quick, thank you.
The php template for our pages works fine with only the content (from the editor) showing on the page. That is what we want.
What I am seeking is when creating a page and selecting the template, I want that template to be only html with <!DOCTYPE….. not the <?php……!
What I am seeking is when creating a page and selecting the template, I want that template to be only html with <!DOCTYPE….. not the <?php……!
Right. I think, though I haven’t tested it, that what I suggested will do just that, except for the ‘Template Name’ part. Without that WordPress will not recognize it as a template file. That PHP comment is what WordPress uses to identify the templates. Without it, you can’t assign a file as a template. That is why I said ‘sort of’. Include that part at the top, and nothing else, and then you can write pure HTML for the rest of the file. I think that is as close as you can get from within WordPress. In other words, as far as know, you can’t do exactly what you are trying to do, but I think you can get very close.
