Title: Using category templates
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Using category templates

 *  Resolved [deckster0](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deckster0/)
 * (@deckster0)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-category-templates/)
 * Heya!
 * How do I use category templates?
    Is it just like page templates where you can
   change the template easily at the “post page section”.
 * I just got started with wordpress and php so I am a little confused.

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 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-category-templates/#post-1247661)
 * A Category Template is used to display posts in particular categories. Using 
   the WordPress Default theme as an example–this theme doesn’t have a category.
   php so based on the [Template Hierarchy](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy),
   WordPress uses the archive.php to display posts in a category. You can copy archive.
   php to category.php and then use a [text editor](http://codex.wordpress.org/Glossary#Text_editor)
   or the admin Theme editor to edit that [Template](http://codex.wordpress.org/Templates)
   to customize the way WordPress displays the posts for your categories. If you
   want category ID 5 posts to be displayed in a manner different than other categories,
   you can copy archive.php to category-5.php and edit that file to customize how
   category ID 5 posts are rendered.
 * Please see [Category Templates](http://codex.wordpress.org/Category_Templates).
 * Also some other reading:
    [WordPress Lessons](http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Lessons)

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