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Page Templates for Posts
This plugin provides a page templates dropdown on the post edit screen, where you can select a template of your choice to be applied to the post. The post will render in the selected template view rather than the default single view. However, if ‘default’ has been selected from the dropdown of page
PricingFree downloadThe WordPress.org download is free. Pro versions, add-ons or external services may cost extra.
CompatibilityRequires WordPress 3.0.1.
SourceWordPress plugins · Nov 6, 2026
01 / Source details
This plugin provides a page templates dropdown on the post edit screen, where you can select a template of your choice to be applied to the post.
The post will render in the selected template view rather than the default single view. However, if ‘default’ has been selected from the dropdown of page templates, then the post shows up in the single view only.
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02 / Source details
This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.
- 01Upload pagetemplatesforposts.php to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
- 02Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
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