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I am having issues creating a custom page template for a category in WP. I am currently using the standard content type "post".

So the issue is I have a parent category, and many sub categories and I would like any posts within these categories to use a specific layout. This custom template should apply to all sub categories within the parent. Is this possible, or would I need to create separate templates for each sub category?

I have looked at custom post types as another option, but It doesn't seem they have the hierarchy options required.

Any advise would be appreciated

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  • You could use the template_include hook for Posts, or look further into CPTs - what hierarchy are you trying to achieve? stackoverflow.com/questions/3114934/…
    – WebElaine
    Commented Mar 14, 2018 at 13:12
  • Thanks, I may look deeper into CPTs, I did try the option to use the existing categories from core WP, but it seemed to flatten them
    – Pilgrimiv
    Commented Mar 14, 2018 at 13:16

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Have a look at this article in the the WordPress Theme Developer Handbook.

You should create a template in your theme named category-unicorns.php where unicorns is the slug for the parent category you want this template to be used for. You can also create a template file category-5.php where 5 is the id of the parent category.

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