Custom Post Template
Provides a drop-down to select different templates for posts from the post edit screen. The templates replace single.php for the specified post.
Custom Post Template ranks #2,155 among WordPress.org plugins with 10,000+ active installations, is #250 of 8,548 in the Customization category, a 4.8/5 rating from 43 reviews, and was last updated Nov 28, 2017. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.
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- Version
- 1.5
- Last Updated
- Nov 28, 2017
- Requires WP
- 3.4+
- Tested Up To
- 3.4.2
- PHP Version
- N/A
- Author
- Simon Wheatley
Support & Rating
- Rating
- ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8
- Reviews
- 43
- Support Threads
- 0
- Resolved
- 0%
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TL;DR
AI summary of the plugin's readmePost authors and theme developers who want per-post template selection in WordPress. It solves the lack of a way to assign custom single-post templates by adding a template dropdown to the post edit screen, similar to page templates.
- Template dropdown on post edit screen
- Replaces single.php per post
- Custom post type support via filter
- cpt_post_types filter for developers
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