Simon Wheatley

<p>Provides a drop-down to select different templates for posts from the post edit screen. The templates are defined similarly to page templates, and will replace single.php for the specified post. This plugin will NOT switch the templates for the different posts in a listing page, e.g. a date or category archive, it will only affect the template used for single posts (i.e. you can choose a template which is not single.php).</p>
<p>Post templates, as far as this plugin is concerned, are configured similarly to <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Pages#Creating_Your_Own_Page_Templates" rel="nofollow ugc">page templates</a> in that they have a particular style of PHP comment at the top of them. Each post template must contain the following, or similar, at the top:</p>
<pre><code><?php
/*
Template Name Posts: Snarfer
*/
?>
</code></pre>
<p>First note: <em>Page</em> templates use “<em>Template Name:</em>“, whereas <em>post</em> templates use “<em>Template Name Posts:</em>“.</p>
<p>Second note: You <em>must</em> have the custom post template files in your theme in the same directory/folder as your index.php template file, <em>not</em> in a sub-directory/sub-folder.</p>
<h3>Developers</h3>
<p>If you want to implement the custom post <em>templates</em> on a custom post <em>type</em>, you can use the <code>cpt_post_types</code> filter, here’s an example below of adding the custom post template selector and metabox to the “Movie” and “Actor” custom post types. This code can be added to a plugin or to the <code>functions.php</code> file in your theme.</p>
<pre><code>/**
 * Hooks the WP cpt_post_types filter 
 *
 * @param array $post_types An array of post type names that the templates be used by
 * @return array The array of post type names that the templates be used by
 **/
function my_cpt_post_types( $post_types ) {
    $post_types[] = 'movie';
    $post_types[] = 'actor';
    return $post_types;
}
add_filter( 'cpt_post_types', 'my_cpt_post_types' );
</code></pre>


Custom Post Template

Provides a drop-down to select different templates for posts from the post edit screen. The templates replace single.php for the specified post.

Gantry

<p>Gantry 5 is a comprehensive set of building blocks to enable the rapid development and realization of a design into a flexible and powerful web platform theme.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Please visit http://gantry.org to download a FREE WordPress Gantry 5 default theme which can be used as a base for your own themes!</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Gantry 5 is packed full of features created to empower the development of designs into fully functional layouts with the absolute minimum effort and fuss.</p>
<span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/J9Vn9iwGpXs?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe></span>
<h4>Responsive Layout System</h4>
<p>Gantry 5 uses the <strong>Nucleus</strong> grid system, built from scratch using Flexbox and tied in to the <strong>Layout Manager</strong> to generate classes.</p>
<h4>Cross-platform Support</h4>
<p>The new responsive Gantry 5 framework is available for <strong>WordPress 5.2+</strong>, <strong>Joomla 5.0+</strong> and <strong>Grav 1.7.25+</strong>.</p>
<h4>Intuitive YAML-driven Configuration</h4>
<p><a href="http://yaml.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">YAML</a> is a human-readable data serialization, making it easy to create and configure blueprints for back-end configuration options.</p>
<h4>Twig Templating</h4>
<p>Gantry 5 utilizes <a href="https://twig.symfony.com/doc/1.x/" rel="nofollow ugc">Twig</a> and <a href="http://upstatement.com/timber/" rel="nofollow ugc">Timber</a> to make creating powerful, dynamic themes quick and easy.</p>
<h4>New Administrative Interface</h4>
<p>Gantry 5’s administrative interface has been completely rebuilt from the ground up to meet the needs of tomorrow’s developer, today.</p>
<h4>Infinitely Customizable</h4>
<p>Gantry 5 is the most customizable and powerful version of the framework yet, featuring drag-and-drop customization controlling virtually every aspect of the site’s layout and design.</p>
<h4>New Particles System</h4>
<p>Gantry 5’s new Particles system makes it easy to create, configure, and manage content blocks. Create new Particles in minutes, adjust their settings at multiple levels from global down to the individual block, and more!</p>
<h4>Flexible and Easy Layout Manager</h4>
<p>Set up and configure page layouts with Gantry 5’s new Layout Manager. Featuring drag-and-drop functionality that gives you the power to place content blocks, resize them, and configure their unique settings in seconds. Load layout presets or duplicate the layout of another Outline with a click of the mouse, and customize virtually every aspect of the page layout without ever having to touch a text editor.</p>
<h4>No Programming Experience Necessary</h4>
<p>Adding and moving positions, resizing blocks, and more can be done with drag-and-drop simplicity in the new, powerful Layout Manager. Error pages and other areas of site design are also easily handled in Gantry 5’s administrative interface. You can change almost any aspect of a theme without breaking out a single editor.</p>
<h4>Powerful Menu Editor</h4>
<p>Change the way your site’s menus look with Gantry 5’s powerful Menu Editor. Quickly insert Particles, rearrange menu items, and add icons in seconds.</p>
<h4>New Outline System</h4>
<p>Theme overrides are now part of Gantry 5’s Outline system, enabling you to easily create and manage Layouts, Settings, Styles, and more and assign them as needed.</p>
<h4>Use SCSS or CSS</h4>
<p>Gantry 5 has built-in support for SCSS and pure CSS.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>For video tutorials and documentation please visit official <a href="http://gantry.org/" title="Gantry Framework" rel="nofollow ugc">Gantry Framework</a> site.</p>
</blockquote>


Gantry 5 Framework

Gantry is a comprehensive set of building blocks to enable the rapid development and realization of a design into a flexible and powerful web platform

Custom Post Template vs Gantry 5 Framework