Custom Page Templates: New Way of Creating Custom Templates in WordPress

Here is an example of how to configure the Custom Page Templates in WordPress:

Page Template Directory

To start, you need to create a new directory within your theme's directory called page-templates. This is where you will store your custom page templates.

/wp-content/themes/your-theme/page-templates

Creating a Custom Page Template

To create a custom page template, create a new PHP file within the page-templates directory. For example, let's create a file called my-template.php. This file will contain the HTML and PHP code for your custom page template.

/wp-content/themes/your-theme/page-templates/my-template.php

Defining the Template

To define the template, you need to add the following code to the top of your my-template.php file:

<?php
/*
Template Name: My Custom Template
*/
?>

Registering the Template

To register the template, you need to add the following code to your theme's functions.php file:

function my_theme_register_page_templates() {
    register_template_directory('/wp-content/themes/your-theme/page-templates', 'Page Templates');
}
add_action('init', 'my_theme_register_page_templates');

Using the Template

To use the template, go to the WordPress admin dashboard and create a new page. In the page editor, you will see a dropdown menu that says "Page Template". Select "My Custom Template" from the list.

Additional Settings

You can also add additional settings to your custom page template by using the get_template_part() function. For example, you can add a title to your template by using the following code:

<?php
$title = get_template_part('title');
?>

This code will load the title.php file from your theme's page-templates directory and display the title on the page.

Theme Support

To make sure that your custom page template is compatible with your theme, you need to add the following code to your theme's functions.php file:

function my_theme_support() {
    add_theme_support('page-templates');
}
add_action('after_setup_theme', 'my_theme_support');

This code tells WordPress that your theme supports custom page templates.

Here is the extracted information about the Custom Page Templates plugin:

New Way of Creating Custom Templates in WordPress

• Allows creating custom templates for WordPress websites using WPBakery Page Builder
• No need to modify files or write PHP/HTML code
• Everything can be done right from the editor

Customize Any Page Template

• Uses rules to apply templates by conditions
• Adjustable attributes:
  • Status: Enable or disable rule
  • Priority: defines the order of rules to be processed
  • Request: type of page to apply template for
  • User: apply template only if current user is logged in or out, or has particular role
  • Post Terms: apply template only if currently displayed post is assigned to particular categories, tags or custom taxonomy terms
  • Post Formats: apply template only if currently displayed post is of particular post format

Create Templates with WPBakery Page Builder

• No need to modify files or write PHP/HTML code
• Everything can be done right from the editor

Precisely Control

• Template rules give complete freedom to precisely control where and when templates will be applied
• No limit to the amount of templates that can be created
• Request types:
  • Front page
  • 404 Error Page
  • Search Page
  • Blog Home
  • Date Archive
  • Author Page
  • Custom Post Type Archives
  • Single Post of any registered post type
  • Single Term of any registered taxonomy type
  • Extend with custom logic

Supercharge All Your Shortcodes

• Dynamic Shortcode Values allows dynamically re-defining any shortcode's attribute, content, or custom placeholder
• Automatically integrates with all existing shortcodes

30+ Shortcodes

• Ships additional shortcodes to give better creating freedom

Restrict Your Content

• User Content Restriction component allows selectively displaying parts of content by user logged status, user role, or custom function
• Automatically integrates with all existing shortcodes

Clipboard for WPBakery Page Builder

• Irreplaceable module for content creation
• Easily copy existing elements on a page to clipboard with settings
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It Works with Your Theme

• Independent of a theme, making it work with every theme available on the market
• Tested with popular themes such as Avada, Jupiter, BeTheme, Enfold, U-Design, and You Theme

Supports Popular Plugins

• Supports WPBakery Page Builder, WooCommerce, Advanced Custom Fields, Massive Addons for WPBakery Page Builder, and Ultimate Addons for WPBakery Page Builder