This plugin lets you apply page templates to the posts.
As of April 2026, Page Templates for Posts is a WordPress template plugin with 20 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.0K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 13 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Template Kit – Import.
This plugin provides a page templates dropdown on the post edit screen, where you can select a template of your choice to be applied to the post.
The post will render in the selected template view rather than the default single view. However, if ‘default’ has been selected from the dropdown of page templates, then the post shows up in the single view only.
| WordPress | 3.0.1+ requiredTested up to 3.5.2 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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