Title: How Do I create a “Write Post”Template
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# How Do I create a “Write Post”Template

 *  [Dale Dietrich](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dajad/)
 * (@dajad)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-i-create-a-write-posttemplate/)
 * Hello. I’m new to WordPress. I’ve searched for an answer to this for weeks and
   can’t find it. Either its obvious and I’m daft, or this isn’t supported in WordPress.
 * If you look at one of my blogs (Video Game Law Blog) here:
 * [http://www.daledietrich.com/gaming/](http://www.daledietrich.com/gaming/)
 * you’ll see that I format all my posts the same. I have an image, a text area,
   a “Dale’s Comment” section followed by a “Sources” list. There are a few other
   optional fields I use.
 * I don’t want to recreate the wheel every time I write a post. I would like it
   for each time I go to write a post, the edit field is pre-populated with the 
   post template I use. Is there any way to do this or any plugin I can use?
 * I’m currently have my post template kept in a static “Page” in WordPress that
   isn’t linked into my site. Every time I set out to write a new post, I go to 
   that template page, copy its content and past it into the Write Post tab. It’s
   a pain in the butt to have to do this EVERY time. If my “Write Post” page could
   automatically be pre-populated with my template, this would save me an awful 
   lot of time.
 * Thanks.
 * …Dale

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 *  [Aff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aff/)
 * (@aff)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-i-create-a-write-posttemplate/#post-480000)
 * Yep, I’m after the same.
 *  [Auke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/auke/)
 * (@auke)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-i-create-a-write-posttemplate/#post-480001)
 * Well one way to do it is using custom fields. This is how I get the image on 
   my frontpage.
 * You set a key and you give a value to that key. In the template files of your
   theme you decide where and how the values of your set keys will display. So basicly
   whenever you write a new post, you’ll just select which keys you use and post
   a new value in it.
 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-i-create-a-write-posttemplate/#post-480002)
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/91105?replies=4](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/91105?replies=4)

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