Title: template='loop.php' not working Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # template='loop.php' not working * Resolved [senthilmaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/senthilmaster/) * (@senthilmaster) * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/templateloopphp-not-working/) * Hello! Thanks for this great plugin, which should be doing what I want, however when I add template=’loop.php’ in the shortcode (to style the posts from the designated categroy as my general posts – I’m using TwentyTen) the page content takes time to load and is finally empty, so is the sidebar… I also tried saving loop.php with another name but it didn’t work. * Here’s the website : [http://www.axoscience.com](http://www.axoscience.com) The general posts page comes in the R&D PROJECTS menu (which displays all the posts under the parent category ‘projects’) and I wand to use your plugin in COMPANY/NEWS (www.axoscience.com/company/news/), which is a child-page of ‘company’ and displays all the posts from the category ‘news’. [ic_add_posts category=’ news’] wokrs fine but I would like to style the posts in the same way as R&D PROJECTS, and when I try [ic_add_posts category=’news’ template=’loop.php’] the page and sidebar becomes empty… * Is there something I’m doing wrong? * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/posts-in-page/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/posts-in-page/) Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * Plugin Author [Eric Amundson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sewmyheadon/) * (@sewmyheadon) * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/templateloopphp-not-working/#post-3327464) * Hey Senthilmaster, * Thanks for the post. * I’m not sure what’s going on offhand, and will have to do some testing, but am wondering if you tried copying the `posts_loop_template.php` to your theme directory and making the necessary changes there? * If you do that, you can tailor the output using that template and then you won’t have to specify the template name. * I’ll do some testing here and see if I can replicate your issue and report back. * Eric * Thread Starter [senthilmaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/senthilmaster/) * (@senthilmaster) * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/templateloopphp-not-working/#post-3327466) * Thanks so much for you swift answer! * Yes I did copy loop.php (in TwentyTen it is just called loop) and tweaked it so that my posts are displayed as I want in [http://www.axoscience.com/category/projects/anr/](http://www.axoscience.com/category/projects/anr/), and I would like the posts displayed in my news page ([http://www.axoscience.com/company/news/](http://www.axoscience.com/company/news/)) using your plugin’s shortcode to actually look exactly the same, which is not the case when I only use [ic_add_posts category=’news’], that’s why I tried adding template=’loop.php’… * Thanks for letting me know if you find what’s wrong. * [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/) * (@alchymyth) * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/templateloopphp-not-working/#post-3327467) * the problem is likely that in Twenty Ten, _**loop.php **_actually contains the loop, and is not just an output template like _**content.php **_in Twenty Eleven. * Plugin Author [Eric Amundson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sewmyheadon/) * (@sewmyheadon) * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/templateloopphp-not-working/#post-3327470) * senthilmaster, * You replied before I’ve done any testing, but pardon me; I’m still a bit confused. Here’s my question more directly: * Did you copy the `posts_loop_template.php` from `wp-content/plugins` to your theme directory and then copy in the loop information from from TwentyTen’s loop? * Or, did you just copy the existing loop file and try to point to it using the` template=` attribute? * If you haven’t already, try the former. * Eric * Plugin Author [Eric Amundson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sewmyheadon/) * (@sewmyheadon) * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/templateloopphp-not-working/#post-3327475) * > the problem is likely that in Twenty Ten, loop.php actually contains the loop, > and is not just an output template like content.php in Twenty Eleven. * Exactly right! * So, senthilmaster, the issue is that loop.php in the Twenty Ten theme contains a loop, but the `posts_loop_template.php` file is only an output template and it doesn’t contain a loop. The loop for the plugin is handled elsewhere. * My recommendation: copy the `posts_loop_template.php` from `wp-content/plugins` to your theme directory and tailor as you see fit. * Thread Starter [senthilmaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/senthilmaster/) * (@senthilmaster) * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/templateloopphp-not-working/#post-3327486) * Allright I get it now! My confusion came indeed from thinking `posts_loop_template. php` was the THEME’s loop, but it is actually the PLUGIN’s loop… Sorry I’m really not good with coding and all these technical things 🙂 * So yes now it is working! I should manage tweaking this file to my needs… * Thank you so much for your help, both of you. * Plugin Author [Eric Amundson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sewmyheadon/) * (@sewmyheadon) * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/templateloopphp-not-working/#post-3327644) * You’re quite welcome; glad you got it working. * Have a great weekend! * Eric Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) The topic ‘template='loop.php' not working’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/posts-in-page/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1596190) * [Posts in Page](https://wordpress.org/plugins/posts-in-page/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/posts-in-page/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/posts-in-page/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/posts-in-page/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/posts-in-page/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/posts-in-page/reviews/) ## Tags * [template](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/template/) * 7 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [Eric Amundson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sewmyheadon/) * Last activity: [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/templateloopphp-not-working/#post-3327644) * Status: resolved