Title: Plugin: Post Templates by Category
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Plugin: Post Templates by Category

 *  [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * (@kafkaesqui)
 * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-post-templates-by-category/)
 * PTbC lets you set custom templates for all posts in a category. You can impose
   the default category template (i.e. category-5.php) on posts in that category,
   or a separate, single posts template (single-cat-5.php).
 * For more, and to download:
    [http://guff.szub.net/post-templates-by-category/](http://guff.szub.net/post-templates-by-category/)

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 *  [orion_koch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/orion_koch/)
 * (@orion_koch)
 * [20 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-post-templates-by-category/#post-237647)
 * Hi,
 * I see that I can choose a specific template for a post when I write it.
 * But I don’t understand how the category part works.
 * I did a lot of searching but I’m failing to find a simple explanation about this
   part.
 * If I have a category named “Newsletters” and I want to control the appearance
   of each individual post (single.php view), I can do that when I write or edit
   a sinle post.
 * I would like a very simple explanation of what is supposed to happen when I go
   to the “Presentation->Post Templates” menu and select the “Newsletters” category
   and assign it a template.
 * Does this do a mass update of all individual posts? Or does this affect the look
   of the “List of Posts” that you see when you click on a category link on the 
   side bar?
 * Any help is appreciated.
 * Thanks
 *  [Alex Koti](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexkoti/)
 * (@alexkoti)
 * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-post-templates-by-category/#post-237732)
 * In Manage > Categories, check the ID of category named “Newsletters”.
 * (i.e. “Newsletters” ID = 3), the filename of Newsletters template is “single-
   cat-3.php”.
 * Others examples:
    Photos > ID 12 = single-cat-12.php Events > ID 8 = single-cat-
   8.php

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 * Last reply from: [Alex Koti](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexkoti/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-post-templates-by-category/#post-237732)
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