Custom template for each page

Question

I am creating multiple pages in Wordpress. I understand I can style these with page.php. Is there any way I can style specific pages with custom templates? So for example if I had page About Us I would want a sidebar that has links to our profiles. If I had page Contact Us I would want a sidebar that has links for emailing us.

Answer 1

there are a few way you can do that:

• Template Hierarchy - each page with is own theme file using page-{ID/slug}.php
• Custom Page Templates - Individual Pages can be set to use a specific custom Page Template from the edit screen.

but if you are just looking to change whats on the sidebar then there are a few plugins that can help you with that:

• Widget Logic - lets you control on which pages widgets appear.
• Dynamic Widgets - lets you dynamicly place the widgets on WordPress pages.

and there are even plugins that let you display the whole sidebar on a page to page basis:

• Sidebar Generator
• Per Page Sidebars
• Custom sidebars

Answer 2

Check out Template Hierarchy. When you edit the page, you will be able to chose the template you want it to display in.