Creating custom templates for custom post types

It should be as simple as saving a copy of the exiting custom post type template which is a PHP file.

Pay attention to the comments at the top of the page. It will contain the template name which is how Wordpress knows the make the template available in your post attributes.

Good luck :)

Hi,

Hope I'm not misunderstanding what you need here. You can add a template to the standard Template drop down list in the Page Attributes section by using the following comment at the top of your file:

<?php /* Template Name: Example Template */ ?>

More information can be found on the WordPress Theme Developer Handbook, particularly the section named Creating Custom Page Templates for Global Use.

Hope that helps :)

-Rich

EDIT: Sorry I had misread the question. I don't think this is a standard feature but you may be able to use something like the WP Custom Post Templates plugin to achieve this.

Please note I have not used this plugin before so I'm not 100% sure of how good it is. There may be other plugins that do a similar thing so I'd recommend researching these first.

Jonathan, Rich, thank you for your answers.

However, I made a copy of the single-{custom-post-type}.php file, named it custom-{custom-post-type}.php and added the Template Name comment as suggested, however that did not bring the dropdown menu under Page Attributes.

That registers it as a PAGE template, not a custom post type template. It does appear under the Template dropdown when I want to create a new page, but not when I create a new instance of the custom post type.

@Rich Bagley Just installed it, still no dropdown.

Thanks anyway!