Title: adding post opens template
Last modified: October 16, 2025

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# adding post opens template

 *  Resolved [duncanwestlake](https://wordpress.org/support/users/duncanwestlake/)
 * (@duncanwestlake)
 * [7 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-post-opens-template/)
 * We have just noticed that when adding or editing a post the default template 
   is open and editable. It is also prompting for a “Featured image” which we have
   not seen before, and I can see no way of switching this off. WordPress version
   6.4.3; theme is Twenty twenty-four. PHP recently updated to version 8.3. Has 
   something changed in the theme to cause this? Screenshot below.
 * ![](https://wordpress.org/1c882aee-ed3a-4e14-96d7-5a396000ad0a)
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fadding-post-opens-template%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [r1k0](https://wordpress.org/support/users/r1k0/)
 * (@r1k0)
 * [7 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-post-opens-template/#post-18684328)
 * Hey [@duncanwestlake](https://wordpress.org/support/users/duncanwestlake/),
 * I believe the show template option is enabled, which is why the template shows
   when adding/editing a post.
 * If you want to turn this option off, head over to add/edit post and click the
   view icon, and uncheck the **show template** option. The screenshot below should
   help you locate it.
 * > [View post on imgur.com](https://imgur.com/a/QueFAT9)
 * For the featured image issue, what error/message is displayed when you try to
   save the post without a featured image? On my test site, I can save a post without
   the need for a featured image. Could you provide more information on the featured
   image prompt? You could also provide a screenshot to help us see what you are
   experiencing. This guide should help you do this: [https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/appendix/adding-screenshots-on-the-forums/](https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/appendix/adding-screenshots-on-the-forums/)
 * Cheers.
    -  This reply was modified 7 months, 3 weeks ago by [r1k0](https://wordpress.org/support/users/r1k0/).
    -  This reply was modified 7 months, 3 weeks ago by [r1k0](https://wordpress.org/support/users/r1k0/).
 *  Thread Starter [duncanwestlake](https://wordpress.org/support/users/duncanwestlake/)
 * (@duncanwestlake)
 * [7 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-post-opens-template/#post-18685394)
 * That’s it! Many thanks for your help and I wish I had thought of looking there,
   having tried all the Settings places. Switching off the show template option 
   also removed the Featured Image, so we have no further problem with that either.

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 * Last reply from: [duncanwestlake](https://wordpress.org/support/users/duncanwestlake/)
 * Last activity: [7 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-post-opens-template/#post-18685394)
 * Status: resolved