Title: Post Templates
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Post Templates

 *  Resolved [MaddTechWF](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maddtechwf/)
 * (@maddtechwf)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-templates-6/)
 * Is there a way for me to create two “post” templates that will allow me to have
   a template for my blog and then one for my portfolio?

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 *  [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/)
 * (@chipbennett)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-templates-6/#post-2045569)
 * Will your Portfolio be:
 * 1) Part of your blog
    2) A Static Page 3) A Custom Post Type
 *  Thread Starter [MaddTechWF](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maddtechwf/)
 * (@maddtechwf)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-templates-6/#post-2045571)
 * Hey Chip,
 *  My portfolio is currently setup to pull based off of a custom post type called“
   Portfolio”.
 *  [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/)
 * (@chipbennett)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-templates-6/#post-2045576)
 * Reference the [Template Hierarchy](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy).
 * For your “Portfolio” custom post type:
 * 1) Create a “archive-portfolio.php” as the template file for Portfolio post index(
   if needed)
 * 2) Create a “single-portfolio.php” as the template file for the single-post view
   for Portfolio posts.
 *  Thread Starter [MaddTechWF](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maddtechwf/)
 * (@maddtechwf)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-templates-6/#post-2045615)
 * So how would it know to use the single-portfolio.php page to load my individual
   portfolio items????
 *  [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/)
 * (@chipbennett)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-templates-6/#post-2045617)
 * > So how would it know to use the single-portfolio.php page to load my individual
   > portfolio items????
 * Because WordPress is awesome like that! 😉
 * No, really: the template hierarchy system is setup for this very reason:
 * 1) Single “Post” Post-type: use `single.php`
    2) Single “Page” Post-type: use`
   page.php` 3) Single “Custom” Post-type: use `single-custom.php`
 * When you register your Custom Post Type, you assign it a slug, e.g. “portfolio”.
   WordPress then knows what to do with “portfolio”, and how to apply templates 
   to “Portfolio” Post-types.
 *  Thread Starter [MaddTechWF](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maddtechwf/)
 * (@maddtechwf)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-templates-6/#post-2045618)
 * Awesome. Thanks Chip. Appreciate the quick help.

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 * Last activity: [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-templates-6/#post-2045618)
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