Title: Custom template for posts?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Custom template for posts?

 *  [threevisual](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threevisual/)
 * (@threevisual)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-template-for-posts-1/)
 * Hey everyone, just a quick question…
 * Is there a way to apply a custom template to a post? I’m looking for something
   similar to the template dropdown menu you get if you’re posting a page.

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 *  [George Appiah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gappiah/)
 * (@gappiah)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-template-for-posts-1/#post-978127)
 * [Plugin] Custom Post Templates: [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-post-template/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-post-template/)
 * > Provides a drop-down to select different templates for posts from the post 
   > edit screen. The templates are defined similarly to page templates, and will
   > replace single.php for the specified post.
 *  [buddha-trance](https://wordpress.org/support/users/buddha-trance/)
 * (@buddha-trance)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-template-for-posts-1/#post-978129)
 * Look at this plugin
    [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-post-template/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-post-template/)
 * this may be helpful
    [http://www.nathanrice.net/blog/wordpress-single-post-templates/](http://www.nathanrice.net/blog/wordpress-single-post-templates/)

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 * Last reply from: [buddha-trance](https://wordpress.org/support/users/buddha-trance/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-template-for-posts-1/#post-978129)
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