Post formats “audio” and “video” only showing in index.php

Question

I have files in my theme called single-audio.php and single video.php, but when I click on an audio post-format or video post-format wordpress uses the index.php instead of my single-audio.php or single-video.php files. Any ideas?

Answer 1

There is a huge difference between Post Formats and Post Types. I am assuming you are using post formats, which do not have a default template file for you to use.

What you can do though is use has_post_format() to see if the post has the format you are using, and if it does, use get_template_part() to get a specific template file that you created to display there.

For example:

// If this post has a post format of 'video'
if( has_post_format( 'video', $post->ID ) ) {

    // Then get and display 'single-video.php'
    get_template_part( 'single', 'video' );

}

Answer 2

If you really want to use single files for each post-format type you could try something like this: (paste to functions.php)

function post_format_template() {
global $post;
$format = get_post_format($post->ID);
if ( is_single() && $format ) {
        include('single-format-'.$format.'.php');
        exit;
    }
}
add_action('template_redirect', 'post_format_template',10);

It's a possible solution, but I wouldn't recommend it, as long as you're not 100% sure about what you're doing resp. what is happening here.

Jared response is the recommended way of dealing with post-formats.

Answer 3

If I understand your question correctly, you would need to do the following:

1. Add a new page via the Dashboard
2. Give that new page a name like "Audio post format" and associate that page to a template. There is a selectbox which would allow you to select a template.

HTH