Title: Editing custom post type template
Last modified: November 19, 2021

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# Editing custom post type template

 *  Resolved [Onur Kurtic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/onurkurtic/)
 * (@onurkurtic)
 * [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-custom-post-type-template/)
 * Hi there
 * I am trying to add the publish date to a custom type that I created using CPT
   UI.
    I can’t seem to find the template it is using for the custom post type and
   I have no idea how I can dynamically add the post publish date to each article.
   Any help would be appreciated.

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Michael Beckwith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tw2113/)
 * (@tw2113)
 * The BenchPresser
 * [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-custom-post-type-template/#post-15086548)
 * If your theme has a `single.php` file, I recommend duplicating that and then 
   renaming to `single-movie.php` or similar. Change “movie” to whatever your post
   type slug actually is here.
 * After that, the `the_date()` template function should show published date [https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/the_date/](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/the_date/)

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