Title: HTML Template for Pages
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# HTML Template for Pages

 *  [yamword](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yamword/)
 * (@yamword)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-template-for-pages/)
 * Newbie Here,
 * Does anyone know if WP will accept a html template for a page and, if so, is 
   there is a plugin for creating one.
 * Created a php based template for our pages and it works fine but would like to
   create a html only template without the <php……, but instead
    using <!DOCTYPE……….
 * Appreciate any help. Thanks

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 *  [s_ha_dum](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apljdi/)
 * (@apljdi)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-template-for-pages/#post-2060273)
 * 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.
 *  Thread Starter [yamword](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yamword/)
 * (@yamword)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-template-for-pages/#post-2060281)
 * 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……!
 *  [s_ha_dum](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apljdi/)
 * (@apljdi)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-template-for-pages/#post-2060297)
 * > 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.

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