Single.php for Custom Post Type > Taxonomy > Term

Question

I have a custom post type - Films. It has a taxonomy of Film_cat, which in turn has two terms/categories - Term1 & Term2.

For each single post within Term1, I would like to display a specific single.php template. Each single post within Term2 should also have it's own single.php template.

I am currently utilising taxonomy-film_cat-term1.php for the taxonomy archives templates, however can't find any info on how to create different single.php templates based on the taxonomy term.

Effectively, I need a single.php template for a Custom Post Type > Taxonomy > Taxonomy Term.

Answer 1

You can load a different template for single posts via the single_template filter. Just use the has_term() function to check if the post has a specific term in your custom taxonomy.

function wpa_107626_single_template( $single_template ) {
     // check if the post fits some condition
     if ( has_term( 'term1', 'film_cat' ) ) {
          $single_template = get_stylesheet_directory() . '/single-term1.php';
     }
     return $single_template;
}
add_filter( 'single_template', 'wpa_107626_single_template' ) ;