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For some reason even when I am selecting a static page for my homepage it is still choosing to load the index.php file.

I would really appreciate your help on this as I would like it to load my own page.php template.

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    On this static page that you're assigning (on settings > reading I assume on the dashboard) - are you assigning your custom template to it? codex.wordpress.org/Page_Templates#Selecting_a_Page_Template
    – RachieVee
    Sep 16 '14 at 20:29
  • Hi there thank you very much for your response. Yep I am. If I view the page without it being selected as the homepage it works fine. However, when I select it as the homepage it just loads the index.php file
    – KM123
    Sep 16 '14 at 20:32
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    Did you assign another dummy page for the Posts Page on Settings > Reading? So the default blog posts have a place to be? This may help narrow down the problem: codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy#Front_Page_display
    – RachieVee
    Sep 16 '14 at 20:44
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    Are you aware of the home.php and front-page.php templates? You don't need to use page templates to style the homepage
    – Tom J Nowell ♦
    Sep 16 '14 at 20:46
  • Currently I only have a single page built and this is the one that is selected. When I deselect it as the homepage it works fine just not when selected as the front page. Hi Tom in regards to these pages I need to use the page templates as it is a very complex and dynamic theme
    – KM123
    Sep 16 '14 at 20:48
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if it is "a very complex theme," then there's probably some hook into template_redirect malfunctioning. as @TomJNowell mentioned, using home.php or front-page.php should allow you to override page.php, but that's not always preferred (I rarely use them myself), and will not necessarily fix the problem. you don't need to assign a blog page in order for there to be a static front page, so double-check on any hooks into template_redirect, and see if that resolves the issue.

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