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What is page template ?

Page templates are a specific type of template file that can be applied to a specific page or groups of pages.

features of page templates:

Page templates only apply to pages, not to any other content type (like posts and custom post types).

Page templates are used to change the look and feel of a page.

A page template can be applied to a single page, a page section, or a class of pages.

Page templates generally have a high level of specificity, targeting an individual page or group of pages. For example, a page template named page-about.php is more specific than the template files page.php or index.php as it will only affect a page with the slug of “about.”

If a page template has a template name, WordPress users editing the page have control over what template will be used to render the page.

Page templates display your site’s dynamic content on a page, e.g., posts, news updates, calendar events, media files, etc. You may decide that you want your homepage to look a specific way, that is quite different to other parts of your site. Or, you may want to display a featured image that links to a post on one part of the page, have a list of latest posts elsewhere, and use a custom navigation. You can use page templates to achieve these things.

Creating a Page Template

Create any new file in your theme and start the file with a comment block like so:

File name : index.php

<?php
/*
Template Name: My-new-custom-page
*/
?>
<h1>Hello Template</h1>

Output :-

Once you upload the file to your theme’s folder (e.g., page-templates), go to the Page > Edit screen in your admin dashboard. On the right hand side under attributes you’ll see template. This is where users are able to access your global page templates.

Page Template Functions

get_page_template() returns the path of the page template used to render the page.

wp_get_theme()->get_page_templates() returns all custom page templates available to the currently active theme (get_page_templates() is a method of the WP_Theme class).

is_page_template() returns true or false depending on whether a custom page template was used to render the page.

get_page_template_slug() returns the value of custom field _wp_page_template (null when the value is empty or “default”).If a page has been assigned a custom template, the filename of that template is stored as the value of a custom field named '_wp_page_template' (in the wp_postmeta database table). (Custom fields starting with an underscore do not display in the edit screen’s custom fields module.)

File name : index.php

<?php
/**
* Template Name: Custom Post List
*/
get_header(); ?>

<div id="main-content" class="main-content">

<?php
if ( is_front_page() && twentyfourteen_has_featured_posts() ) {
// Include the featured content template.
get_template_part( 'featured-content' );
}
?>

<div id="primary" class="content-area">
<div id="content" class="site-content" role="main">

<h1>Hello There</h1>

</div>
</div>
</div>

<?php
get_sidebar();
get_footer();
?>

How to Create a Custom Page in WordPress

<?php /* Template Name: CustomPageT1 */ ?>
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div id="primary" class="content-area">
<main id="main" class="site-main" role="main">
<?php
// Start the loop.
while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();

// Include the page content template.
get_template_part( 'template-parts/content', 'page' );

// If comments are open or we have at least one comment, load up the comment template.
if ( comments_open() || get_comments_number() ) {
comments_template();
}

// End of the loop.
endwhile;
?>
</main>
<?php get_sidebar( 'content-bottom' ); ?>
</div>
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

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File name : index.php

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