Title: Empty Single.php
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Empty Single.php

 *  [mrutt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrutt/)
 * (@mrutt)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/empty-singlephp/)
 * I am jumping into a site that was developed by another person. The site has loops
   that are working as feeds throughout the site, however, if you click on a post
   to view the full article/etc, it takes you to a blank page. It seems as though
   the single.php is not working properly.
 * single.php does exist on the server, I tried replacing it with a default single.
   php to no avail. Permalink reset does nothing. If I try previewing the post in
   the wordpress admin I also get a blank page.
 * New to WP, appreciate any help.

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 *  Thread Starter [mrutt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrutt/)
 * (@mrutt)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/empty-singlephp/#post-4986437)
 * Posts are previewing properly to the feed at this code
 *     ```
       <?php query_posts('posts_per_page=2&cat=3'); ?>
   
        <?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
   
       	<br />
           <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" class="news-title"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
   
           <p><?php /* the_excerpt(); */
   
       		$trimexcerpt = get_the_excerpt();
       		$shortexcerpt = wp_trim_words(
         		$trimexcerpt,
   
       		// limit number of words
         		$num_words = 25,
   
       		// design your read more link
         		$more = '… <a href="' . get_permalink() . '">more</a>' );
   
       		// show excerpt with read more link
       		echo '<p>' . $shortexcerpt . '</p>';
   
       	?></p>
   
           <br />
   
       	<?php endwhile; else: ?>
   
       	<p>Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.</p>
   
       <?php endif; ?>
       ```
   
 * this is the current single.php
 *     ```
       <?php
       /**
        * The Template for displaying all single posts.
        */
   
       get_header(); ?>
   
       <div id="content" role="main">
   
           <?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
           <div <?php post_class() ?> id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
               <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
               <small><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> <!-- by <?php the_author() ?> --></small>
   
               <div class="entry">
                   <?php the_content(); ?>
               </div>
   
               <p class="postmetadata"><?php the_tags('Tags: ', ', ', '<br />'); ?> Posted in <?php the_category(', ') ?> | <?php edit_post_link('Edit', '', ' | '); ?>  <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments »', '1 Comment »', '% Comments »'); ?></p>
           </div>
           <?php endwhile; endif; ?>
   
       </div><!-- #content -->
   
       <br /><hr /><br />    
   
       <div class="navigation">
           <div class="left50">
           <?php previous_post('« %',
            'Previous Post ', 'in_same_cat', 'yes' ); ?>
           </div><!--/left50-->
   
           <div class="right50">
           <?php next_post('% » ',
            'Next Post', 'in_same_cat', 'yes' ); ?>
           </div><!--/right50-->
       </div> <!--/navigation-->
   
       <div style="clear:both;"></div>
       <?php get_footer(); ?>
       ```
   
 * _[Moderator Note: [No bumping](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#No_Bumping).
   If it’s that urgent, consider [hiring someone](http://jobs.wordpress.net/) instead.]_

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 * Last reply from: [mrutt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrutt/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/empty-singlephp/#post-4986437)
 * Status: not resolved

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