Title: Function of page.php
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Function of page.php

 *  [lesliedellow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lesliedellow/)
 * (@lesliedellow)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/function-of-pagephp/)
 * I am in the process of developing a theme, but it is not immediately obvious 
   how the function of page.php differs from index.php, or does it?

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 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/function-of-pagephp/#post-1708315)
 * page.php primarily displays static **pages**; so using a page.php, you can have
   a different layout or design for a static page, other then for posts or the front
   page.
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy)

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 * [page.php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/page-php/)
 * [theme development](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/theme-development/)

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 * Last reply from: [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/function-of-pagephp/#post-1708315)
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