Title: Adding Templates
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Adding Templates

 *  Resolved [clixbits](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clixbits/)
 * (@clixbits)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-templates-1/)
 * A quick question.
 * I’ve tried adding an edited template page with a different name to my child theme
   folder, but it doesn’t show up in the select template drop down when editing 
   a page.
 * Is it possible to add ‘new’ template pages to the child theme folder and have
   them show up as a selectable option in the template drop down?
 * I hope that all makes sense.
    cheers.

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 *  Thread Starter [clixbits](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clixbits/)
 * (@clixbits)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-templates-1/#post-3834470)
 * problem solved.
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Page_Templates#Custom_Page_Template](http://codex.wordpress.org/Page_Templates#Custom_Page_Template)
 *  Thread Starter [clixbits](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clixbits/)
 * (@clixbits)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-templates-1/#post-3834482)
 * resolved

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 * Last reply from: [clixbits](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clixbits/)
 * Last activity: [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-templates-1/#post-3834482)
 * Status: resolved