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WordPress The WordPress Template Hierarchy Page and Post Templates in WordPress Single Post and Post Format Templates

tarry nwaise
tarry nwaise
1,391 Points
Posted by tarry nwaise
tarry nwaise
1,391 Points

appending slugs and ids ot the single.php template

I see the video says you cannot appen slugs and ids to the single.php template the way you can to a page.php template. Why is that?

2 Answers

eberhapa
eberhapa
51,495 Points
eberhapa
eberhapa
51,495 Points

Because thats how wordpress handles the files. Take a look on the wordpress hierarchy: http://wphierarchy.com

There you can see that page.php also allows page-$slug.php and page-$id.php. For single pages you're just able to make files with single-$posttype.php if you have custom post types in use.

August Oliver
August Oliver
5,934 Points
August Oliver
August Oliver
5,934 Points

You can't append slug and IDs to the single.php template in the same way you can the page.php template.