Sam Hotchkiss

<p>One of the shortcomings of Custom Post Types in WordPress is that there’s no way to easily set a different custom template from the standard single.php.  If it’s a custom post type, it’s got custom information, and I want to put it in a custom template!</p>
<p>So I threw together a plugin to handle this.  With this plugin installed and activated, it checks your template directory for posttype.php then t_posttype.php.  If neither exists, then the standard WP template rules take effect.</p>
<p>For example, if your custom post type is ‘books’, it’s going to check your template directory for ‘books.php’.  If it finds it, it will use that as the template for your ‘books’ posts.  If not, it will check for ‘t_books.php’, and use that as the template for your ‘books’ posts.  If it finds neither, the standard WP logic kicks into place, looking to see if you’ve defined a template for the post, and, if not, using single.php.</p>


Custom Post Type Template Redirect

For custom post types, allows you to have default templates specific to each custom post type.

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<p><strong>Try it out on your free dummy site: Click here => <a href="https://demo.tastewp.com/ultimate-posts-widget" rel="nofollow ugc">https://tastewp.com/plugins/ultimate-posts-widget</a>.</strong><br />
(this trick works for all plugins in the WP repo – just replace “wordpress” with “tastewp” in the URL)</p>
<p>UPDATE: Plugin ownership changed for this plugin. We are currently evaluating possible enhancements for it. Stay tuned! If you have any suggestions yourself, please let us know in the Support Forum.</p>
<p>Note: This is a <strong>classic widget</strong> type, in order for it to work on the latest version of WordPress you will need <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/classic-widgets/" rel="ugc">Classic Widgets</a> plugin installed on your site.</p>
<p>The ultimate widget for displaying posts, custom post types or sticky posts with an array of options to customize the display.</p>
<p>Designed for both the average user and developer, Ultimate Posts Widgets aims to provide flexibility and ease of use for displaying any kinds of posts within your widget areas. An array of widget options are available as well as hooks, filters and custom templates for more advanced customization.</p>
<h4>Options</h4>
<ul>
<li>Filter by categories</li>
<li>Filter by current category</li>
<li>Filter by tags</li>
<li>Filter by current tag</li>
<li>Filter by custom post types</li>
<li>Filter by sticky posts</li>
<li>Select number of posts to display</li>
<li>Display title</li>
<li>Display publish date/time with custom format options</li>
<li>Display post author and link</li>
<li>Display post comment count</li>
<li>Display excerpt or full content</li>
<li>Display read more link with custom label</li>
<li>Display featured image and at any size</li>
<li>Display post categories</li>
<li>Display post tags</li>
<li>Display custom fields</li>
<li>Add text or HTML before and after posts list</li>
<li>Add CSS class to widget</li>
<li>Add widget title link</li>
<li>Change excerpt length (in words)</li>
<li>Order by date, title, number of comments, random or a custom field</li>
<li>Exclude current post from the list</li>
</ul>
<h4>Documentation</h4>
<p>See the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-posts-widget/faq/" rel="ugc">FAQ tab</a> for documentation on custom templates, hooks, common issues, and more.</p>
<h4>Support</h4>
<p>For help please ask in the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ultimate-posts-widget/" rel="ugc">Support Forum</a></p>
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<p>This plugin is part of the Inisev product family – <a href="https://inisev.com" rel="nofollow ugc">check out our other products</a>.</p>


Ultimate Posts Widget

The ultimate widget for displaying posts, custom post types or sticky posts with an array of options.

Custom Post Type Template Redirect vs Ultimate Posts Widget