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Timothy Tuite
Timothy Tuite
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Posted by Timothy Tuite
Timothy Tuite
5,429 Points

loops on different pages

I am trying to make a news web site from scratch. I have several different categories of posts (news,features,sports opinions). I've set up these categories and i understand the WP_query() function and then using the category number but how do create the actual pages for them? Do i just add a News.php or sports.php

1 Answer

David Tonge
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David Tonge
Courses Plus Student 45,640 Points
David Tonge
David Tonge
Courses Plus Student 45,640 Points

You'll have to create a custom template for each page. You can create a function that automatically detects which page you're on and inject the necessary code but let's just deal with the simple solution here. To create a page template you could create it and when making a new page from the dashboard just select that template. You must put the following code at the top of your template.

<?php
/*
 * Template Name: Sports Page
 * Description: Sport page containing etc..
 */

// you code goes here including your header, loop etc...

Here's indepth info on the topic here: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2015/06/19/wordpress-custom-page-templates/