Title: Need help with Single.php – using Different Theme –
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Need help with Single.php – using Different Theme –

 *  [siam1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/siam1/)
 * (@siam1)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-help-with-singlephp-using-different-theme/)
 * I am little confuse here .
 * eg. Now i am using Theme classic . for wordpress .
 * but in MY single.php i want to use a more fancy Theme , from another Folder inside
   the Wp-content/theme/Other-theme Eg.
 * — any idea i only know half of it . so is confusing for me .
    i did read about
   it but i still do not know by creating single1.php how dose it allow me to use
   a different theme for Single post when use click on it .
 * will someone point me to the correct direction or show me an example code layout.
   thanks you

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 *  [Chanon Srithongsook](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ninenote/)
 * (@ninenote)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-help-with-singlephp-using-different-theme/#post-1312949)
 * The best way is to put all required files in the same theme.
 * Then follow Austin’s trick here
    [http://www.nathanrice.net/blog/wordpress-single-post-templates/](http://www.nathanrice.net/blog/wordpress-single-post-templates/)
 *  Thread Starter [siam1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/siam1/)
 * (@siam1)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-help-with-singlephp-using-different-theme/#post-1312993)
 * here is confusing part for me .
 * let say .. i am using .. theme ABC —
    which will find the folder inside wp-content/
   theme/ABC .
 * but i now want to use Theme 123
 * which is found in
    wp-content/theme/123
 * the confusing part is – how do i link .. Single123.php
    which i created .
 *     ```
       < ?php
       $category = get_the_category();
       $currentcat = $category[0]->cat_ID;
       if (file_exists(TEMPLATEPATH."/single-$currentcat".".php")) {
       include(TEMPLATEPATH."/single-$currentcat".".php");
       } else {
       ?>
       ```
   
 *  this tell me the single file i create , but to me is like a missing link to 
   allow the theme in another folder to be used .
 * i am sorry for asking silly question , but i am totlaly lost here.
 * a theme need index.php + style.css ( ? )
    any good example .. of index,php using
   one theme . and single( renamed ).php using asnother theme .
 * a code example would be cool 🙂
 * Thanks for the fast reply

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