Title: Multiple layout for posts Last modified: January 12, 2018 --- # Multiple layout for posts * [mortonc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mortonc/) * (@mortonc) * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-layout-for-posts/) * I have a page layout which I am using for a custom post type. lets say each page is at mysite.com/customtype/mypost * I would like to have a second layout for this page to basically show a slightly altered / more concise version (using the same post info) which could be accessed at something like mysite.com/customtype/mypost/alt or mysite.com/customtype/mypost? alt or similar. * What might be the best way of going about this? Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) * [Peter Hardy-vanDoorn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petervandoorn/) * (@petervandoorn) * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-layout-for-posts/#post-9858041) * I’d go about it with a query string and CSS. * Add a query string to your links, so something like `mysite.com/customtype/mypost? myview=concise` * Then at the top of your _single-customtype.php_, have `$myview = $_GET['myview'];` * Add this to your body classes in _header.php_ (how you do this depends on your theme, but for me it’d be `>`). * Finally you can easily control what is and isn’t seen using CSS, eg `body.concise. myclass { display: none; }` * Hope that helps * Thread Starter [mortonc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mortonc/) * (@mortonc) * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-layout-for-posts/#post-9858728) * Thank you Peter that is very helpful. * But if I wanted to have a completely different layout all together how would I go about doing that? * [Peter Hardy-vanDoorn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petervandoorn/) * (@petervandoorn) * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-layout-for-posts/#post-9859394) * That’s the beauty of CSS… the same HTML can be displayed in different ways. * For example, a box can be floated right for normal view, or floated left for another, eg: * ``` .myclass { float: right; } body.concise .myclass { float: left; } ``` * Doing it that way would keep your development to a minimum as you’d only need one set of code. * But, if you wanted to, the query string can still be used, eg: * ``` $myview = $_GET['myview']; if ( $myview != "concise" ) { // code to display normal view } else { // code to display concise view } ``` * Oh, BTW, when I said originally “at the top of your single-customtype.php” I meant “at the top of _header.php_“! * Peter Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) The topic ‘Multiple layout for posts’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 3 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Peter Hardy-vanDoorn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petervandoorn/) * Last activity: [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-layout-for-posts/#post-9859394) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics