Title: Child Page Templates
Author: j
Published: <strong>September 28, 2012</strong>
Last modified: September 28, 2012

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# Child Page Templates

 By [j](https://profiles.wordpress.org/joe-anzalone/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/child-page-templates.zip)

 * [Details](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/child-page-templates/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/child-page-templates/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/child-page-templates/#installation)
 * [Development](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/child-page-templates/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/child-page-templates/)

## Description

Allows theme authors to include templates that will be automatically used based 
on the page’s parent.

For example, adding the file “page-123.php” to the “child-page-templates” folder
in your theme directory will define the template for all pages that are children
of the page with ID #123. You can also do the same thing with the post’s slug.

This template file will be used for all pages that are children of the page with
ID #123:
 /wp-content/themes/your-awesome-theme/child-page-templates/page-123.php

This template file will be used for all pages that are children of the page with
the “team” slug:
 /wp-content/themes/your-awesome-theme/child-page-templates/page-
team.php

## Installation

 1. Extract the zip file and drop the contents in the wp-content/plugins/ directory
    of your WordPress installation and then activate the plugin from the “Plugins” 
    page.
 2. Create a folder in your theme (or child theme, if you use one) called “child-page-
    templates”
 3. Add a PHP file named after the slug or ID of the parent page you want to use a 
    custom template for.
 4.  * For example: If you want every child page of your “Portfolio” page to use a 
       particular template file, name that template file “page-portfolio.php”

## FAQ

  Will the child-page-templates folder in my theme directory get overwritten when
a new version of my theme is released?

Yes! If you didn’t create your theme yourself, you should definitely be using a 
[child theme](https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes).
 Your child-page-templates
folder will be safe so long as you add it to a theme (or child theme) you created.
Even when the parent theme upgrades, your child theme will be untouched.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Child Page Templates” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ j ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/joe-anzalone/)

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### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/child-page-templates/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/child-page-templates/),
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## Changelog

#### 1.0.2

 * First public release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.2**
 *  Last updated **14 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.3 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.4.2**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/child-page-templates/)
 * Tags
 * [template hierarchy](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/template-hierarchy/)
   [themes](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/themes/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/child-page-templates/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ j ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/joe-anzalone/)

## Support

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