Title: Category.php doesnt exist?
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Category.php doesnt exist?

 *  [iigor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iigor/)
 * (@iigor)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categoryphp-doesnt-exist/)
 * I got new template for my wordpress site and index/home layout of posts is different
   than posts layout of categories, and also theres no category.php file in this
   template.
    How to make categories to use the same layout as home page? Heres 
   some pictures: index/home page: [http://i1.minus.com/iHcc0swonKEE6.JPG](http://i1.minus.com/iHcc0swonKEE6.JPG)
   category page: [http://i4.minus.com/iUpxXZEbnX41V.JPG](http://i4.minus.com/iUpxXZEbnX41V.JPG)

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categoryphp-doesnt-exist/#post-3696986)
 * Does your theme have an archive php template file?
 *  Thread Starter [iigor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iigor/)
 * (@iigor)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categoryphp-doesnt-exist/#post-3697035)
 * Yes, archive.php
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categoryphp-doesnt-exist/#post-3697039)
 * That’s the template file that your categories will be using at the moment. You
   could try making a copy of the index.php template file and naming the new file`
   category.php` – ideally within a [child theme](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)
   if this isn’t a custom theme of your own.
 *  Thread Starter [iigor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iigor/)
 * (@iigor)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categoryphp-doesnt-exist/#post-3697068)
 * Hmmm i have Boxoffice theme and theres option for movie and blog layout.
    Theme
   is for movies reviews so you have two areas to post, movies and regular new post
   option. When i put movie layout, on home page appears only posts from movies 
   and other categories have different layout (blog/deafult layout). When i put 
   blog layout, on home page appears only blog posts (regular posts) and categories
   have same layout as home page. So then i edited movie-home.php to show blog posts
   on movie layout on home page, but other categories are different cuz its movie
   layout (same as before). My question is how to implement same layout style on
   categories like home page have on movie layout?

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categoryphp-doesnt-exist/#post-3697068)
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