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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nWP Template Name<\/strong><\/td>| Corresponding php file<\/strong><\/td> | Description of php file.<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> | All archives\u00a0<\/strong><\/td> | archive.php<\/code><\/strong><\/td> |
WordPress Template Hierarchy<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Every Template in wordpress has a corresponding php file. I have added the php files that each template uses. Below is a table with further explanations for each template. <\/p>\n\n\n\n WordPress Template Hierarchy Every Template in wordpress has a corresponding php file. I have added the php files that each template uses. Below is a table with further explanations for each template. WP Template Name Corresponding php file Description of php file. All archives\u00a0 archive.php IIf you do not have a category–specific template (category.php) or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1,24,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-it","category-uncategorized","category-webdevelopment","category-wordpress"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brugbarviden.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/wordpress-template-hierarchy.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brugbarviden.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brugbarviden.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brugbarviden.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brugbarviden.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brugbarviden.dk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=234"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/brugbarviden.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":252,"href":"https:\/\/brugbarviden.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234\/revisions\/252"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brugbarviden.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brugbarviden.dk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brugbarviden.dk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brugbarviden.dk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nWP Template Name<\/strong><\/td> Corresponding php file<\/strong><\/td> Description of php file.<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> All archives\u00a0<\/strong><\/td> archive.php<\/code><\/strong><\/td>IIf you do not have a category<\/strong>–specific<\/strong> template (category.php) <\/strong>or tag-specific template (tag.php)<\/strong>, WordPress will fall back to the general archive template: archive.php.<\/strong>
Example\u00a0You have a navigation menu with 3 categories:ProteinsDietFats<\/strong>
When a user clicks on any of these, WordPress loads the corresponding category archive page. If there is:No category-{slug}.phpNo category.php Then WordPress will use:archive.php<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>Author archives<\/strong><\/td> author.php<\/strong><\/td> <\/td><\/tr> Category archives<\/strong><\/td> Category.php<\/strong>
The hierarchy for Categories:
.1) category-{slug}.php<\/code> e.g., category-news.php<\/code>
2)category-{id}.php e.g., category7.php
3)Category.php
4) Archive.php
5) index.php<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/tr> Date archives<\/td> date.php<\/td> <\/td><\/tr> Tag Archives<\/td> tag.php<\/td> <\/td><\/tr> Blog home<\/td> 1. If your homepage display is set to Static page as homepage <\/strong>+ post page <\/strong>is set as homepage + post\u00a0
1)Home.php\u00a0
2)\u00a0index.php\u00a0<\/strong>
2. If your homepage displays is set to \u201cA static page\u201d:<\/strong>Homepage (the page set as \u201cHomepage\u201d):
1) front-page.php \u2192 if it exists
2) else
page-{slug}.php or page-{id}.php
3) else page.php
4) else index.php<\/strong>
<\/td>Home.php <\/strong>is used for the homepage <\/strong>if front-page.php<\/strong> and if your reading-settings are set to latest posts <\/strong>
Or if your reading settings are set to \u201cA static page\u201d<\/strong> + \u201cposts page\u201d <\/strong>![](\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXc31iPkJfe1mOcaSYYMs4gYLre5WV0nifaaa6rx-2nVnE3E4Ed87jDu28SZrYXpdXSfXAkhOFzqE3LNKKOf9zcH0dexRLkNp3mHclJ277nCaX9_4AKKcBcCpgqJPnUx0I4XHp1X1w?key=TaNsc3dOwrVRfiwPmHpNBA\"){kind=spacer}
Front Page<\/strong><\/td> front-page.php<\/strong><\/td> front-page.php <\/strong>is only used if a static homepage <\/strong>is selected. It is never used when “Your latest posts” is selected.It\u2019s never used for normal pages that are not a static homepage. ![](\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXfWoBUhjbBxLLZun6pmEN5UENn136MG1mjz3WVLQeReWzyD8f4GSeDzVhX3LOYoVjlOVfTf1RwZJMMdbXqHDE4PCtFPJ4-ANv8EA_4TSfkWybRp65Do2u6DgPbS6U4EkD69GIYkWg?key=TaNsc3dOwrVRfiwPmHpNBA\")
Pages <\/strong><\/td> For a normal page that is not set to static homepage: this is the hierarchy\u00a0<\/strong>
1)Page-{slug}.php
2) Page-{id}.php
3)Page.php
4)index.php
<\/strong>
Template hierarchy: if a page is set to a static page + home page. This is the hierarchy<\/strong>
1)Front-page.php
2)page-{slug}.php
(e.g., page-home.php)
3) Page-{id}.php
4) page.php
5) Index.php
If a homepage is set to show your latest posts wordpress does not treat it as a page and this will be the hierarchy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
1) Home.php
2) index.php<\/td>Used for all wordpress pages.<\/strong>
If the Page is set as a static Homepage, then front-page.php gets top priority.<\/strong>
If it’s just a normal Page (not the homepage), front-page.php is ignored.<\/strong>
If the Page is set as a static Homepage but no front-page.php exists then the homepage is likely rendered by page.php <\/strong>Pages no title<\/td> page.php<\/td> <\/td><\/tr> index.php<\/td> index.php<\/td> If no php files exist for all the other templates (page.php, home.php , archive.php etc) they all default to index.php and the wordpress post, page, archive page etc will all display content based on what index.php tells it to do. <\/td><\/tr> search<\/td> search.php<\/td> <\/td><\/tr> Single Post<\/td> Single.php
Single post hierarchy
1) \u00a0Single-post-{slug}.php <\/strong>e.g.,
single-post-how-to-code.php
(\u2757Rarely used \u2014 must be created manually)
2) Single-post.php <\/strong>Template for all single post entries (not pages or CPTs)
3) Single.php <\/strong>
General fallback for any single post or custom post type
4) Singular.php<\/strong>
<\/strong>General fallback for all singular content (posts, pages, CPTs)
5) index.php <\/strong>Final fallback<\/td>This is used for each of your posts<\/strong>. When you click a post <\/strong>it uses the Single posts template.<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Single item: post<\/td> Single-post.php Single.php <\/td> <\/td><\/tr> Page: 404<\/td> 404.php <\/td> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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