Template not working for the custom Post type

Question

Generally, this is the hierarchal order in which templates will work for the custom post type.

1. single-{post-type}-{slug}.php – (Since 4.4) First, WordPress looks for a template for the specific post. For example, if post type is product and the post slug is dmc-12, WordPress would look for single-product-dmc-12.php.

2. single-{post-type}.php – If the post type is product, WordPress would look for single-product.php.

3. single.php – WordPress then falls back to single.php.

4. singular.php – Then it falls back to singular.php.

5. index.php – Finally, as mentioned above, WordPress ultimately falls back to index.php.

I have created this template:

single-theme.php

But the posts pages of the theme CPT are not picking up this template? what could be the issue?

If needed I can update my question with the full CPT function.

I am using this in CPT can this be a culprit:

'capability_type'       => 'page',

?

Answer 1

You registered the post type with the name 'theme'?

Also when changing templates and anything that has any correlation to url-s always reload or load the page admin->settings->permalinks. Sometimes without this, the changes won't take effect.