Title: Cannot reference template by name
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Cannot reference template by name

 *  Resolved [Anthony Artmann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anthony-artmann/)
 * (@anthony-artmann)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-reference-template-by-name/)
 * In my child themes “list-category-posts” folder I have two templates.
 * lcp_default_template.php (copied from the plugin templates folder)
 * and
 * lcp_posts.php ( my own custom template )
 * I am using the following shortcode in my news page:
 * [catlist name=news_item template=lcp_posts numberposts=5 pagination=yes excerpt
   =yes date=yes author=yes thumbnail=yes thumbnail_size=full posts_morelink=”Read
   more”]
 * The problem is that template=lcp_posts is ignored and the catlist uses the lcp_default_template
   instead.
 * I simply cannot link to my lcp_posts template.
 * Please advise.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/list-category-posts/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/list-category-posts/)

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 *  Thread Starter [Anthony Artmann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anthony-artmann/)
 * (@anthony-artmann)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-reference-template-by-name/#post-5263682)
 * Sorry. My fault. I was looking at the wrong news page. Duh!

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-reference-template-by-name/#post-5263682)
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