Title: Page template not loading using WordPress multisite
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Page template not loading using WordPress multisite

 *  Resolved [skip405](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skip405/)
 * (@skip405)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/page-template-not-loading-using-wordpress-multisite/)
 * I have a problem using wordpress multisite.
 * I installed multisite normally without any errors. I added some sites and then
   I added a couple of plugins and my custom theme. I allowed it to be used for 
   the network in the Network settings page and activated it on one of the sites.
   But when I create a page it doesn’t seem to see that any templates are there…
 * The only provided solution I managed to find so far was to reload the theme (
   deactivate and activate again) – but alas. I even tried to change the permalink
   structure – also no change. I then allowed the theme on a per site basis and 
   reactivated it a couple of times – no change. It doesn’t seem to work on ANY 
   of the sites in the network. (I use a multi-language theme for all of the sites).
 * I would really appreciate any help.
 * P.s. template files are surely present)) and made properly – because everything
   works perfectly on a local WAMP server (though I’m running 3.3.2 for it and haven’t
   upgraded yet)

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 *  Thread Starter [skip405](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skip405/)
 * (@skip405)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/page-template-not-loading-using-wordpress-multisite/#post-2851966)
 * OMG, this is simply unfair)))
    I managed to solve the problem myself.
 * Here is how I used to write the template name for almost ALL of my projects before
   3.4 without any problems:
 * `<?php /* Template Name: name_of_the_template */ ?>`
 * I changed it to
 *     ```
       <?php
       /*
       Template Name: name_of_the_template
       */
       ?>
       ```
   
 * (as it is stated in the Codex)
 * and it now sees the template… I’m shocked, is there a great difference?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/page-template-not-loading-using-wordpress-multisite/#post-2851968)
 * Currently, I’m afraid there is. 🙁 A minor bug was introduced in WP 3.4 that 
   caused comments on a single line to be ignored in custom page templates. This
   will be corrected in the next version but, for now, always ensure that the comment
   goes across three lines as you’ve posted above.
 *  Thread Starter [skip405](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skip405/)
 * (@skip405)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/page-template-not-loading-using-wordpress-multisite/#post-2851974)
 * Thanks for your prompt reply, esmi. I surely will from now on))) And I’m looking
   forward to this bug being corrected, because to my mind one-line version is much
   neater
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/page-template-not-loading-using-wordpress-multisite/#post-2851996)
 * Agreed. As I understand it, it was a “whoops!” moment during the re-writing of
   the Theme API. The core dev responsible has apologised for any inconvenience 
   and solemnly promised that it will be fixed in the next update.

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 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
 * 4 replies
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 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/page-template-not-loading-using-wordpress-multisite/#post-2851996)
 * Status: resolved

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