Page Templates Drop Down Select for Custom Post Types

Question

I have a custom post type called location. I would like to be able to use 2 different templates for this custom post type and select it via the page attributes box. I have a template set up and can select it when I'm editing a Page, but not when I am editing a custom post type. I can't find any information on how to enable this. I want to enable the dropdown select for all the custom post types, not just one.

Answer 1

Since WordPress version 4.7 Post-Type-Templates are enabled in the WordPress core.

That means that you can create multiple templates for the single post-type view as for pages.

For this you just need to edit the single post/type template, and add something like this to the top of the file:

/*
Template Name: Custom Type Template 
Template Post Type: post, product, custom-type 
*/

On the line Template Post Type you just add your custom post type slug.
So this template will be available on the post, product and custom-type post type.

I already answered this here.
Read more about post-type-templates of WP 4.7 here.

Answer 2

Ok as mmm has pointed out that I can't do the dropdown select of templates on custom post types I have put this code in my single-cpt.php

global $post; 
if ( ( $post->post_type == 'location' ) && has_term( 'news', 'highlights' ) ) { 
include('templates/template_feature_highlight_layout.php'); 
}