Default template

  • Resolved corrinarusso

    (@corrinarusso)


    5 years, 2 months ago

    Hi guys – tldr;
    How do you set the default template selection when adding a new post ??
    See screenshot : https://ibb.co/fpNPnz1

    I have used the Custom Post Type UI plugin to create a custom post called :
    Therapists
    I used Advanced Custom Fields plugin to create the input fields.

    The Rules for these fields is :
    Show this field group if :
    Post Type is equal to Therapist

    I created a template file in my child theme called tpl-therapist.php :
    /*
    Template Name: Therapist Layout
    Template Post Type: Therapist
    */

    When I Add new –> Therapist I want the Page Attributes –> Template to default to Therapist.

    How can I do this ?

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  • Joy

    (@joyously)

    5 years, 2 months ago

    You shouldn’t need to. Rename your template to single-therapist.php
    See the Template Hierarchy.

    Thread Starter corrinarusso

    (@corrinarusso)

    5 years, 2 months ago

    Thanks Joy – does it matter that I want to load a Page Temple, not a Post template?
    I would like to be able to use my Page Builder plugin for the Therapist content data.

    Joy

    (@joyously)

    5 years, 2 months ago

    The page template dropdown is stored as a post meta field. The content is the name of the template, so it is theme specific, as are any other template files. If there is no value (no post meta field), then you get the default template according to the template hierarchy (which of course is theme specific because there may or may not be a template for the custom post type).
    Really, if you have a custom post type, you should have a plugin to handle it, but I can see how you can use generic plugins to build what you want. This is the same for using the template hierarchy to pull in the correct template for the post type. The hierarchy uses the file name to determine which one, not the comment in the file. The comment in the file is for Page/Post templates for the dropdown list.

    I would like to be able to use my Page Builder plugin for the Therapist content data.

    The template file should not provide the content (besides handling the custom fields specific to the post type), but should always display whatever was entered in the editor (whichever one is used). So your statement doesn’t make any sense to me.

    A plugin can also use the template_include filter to specify a different template than the one found from the hierarchy. (Themes should not modify this.)
    https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/template_include/

    Thread Starter corrinarusso

    (@corrinarusso)

    5 years, 2 months ago

    Excellent, it’s clear. Thank you Joy.

    The difference between Page and Post for the Page Builder is that it doesn’t always behave well with Post type as opposed to Page type.

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