As of April 2026, Posts Page: Use Page Template is a WordPress reading plugin with 40 active installations and a 3/5 rating from 4 reviews. It has been downloaded 4.8K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 13 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Reading progressbar.
3/54 reviews
40active installs
4.8K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013
Overview
When setting the ‘Posts Page:’ to a custom page within the ‘Reading’ settings of WordPress, it will by default, ignore that page’s set template.
“Posts page – Select in the drop-down box the name of the Page that will now contain your Posts… any Template assigned the Page will be ignored and the theme’s index.php (or home.php if it exists) will control the display of the posts.”
Reference: https://codex.wordpress.org/Settings_Reading_SubPanel
Plugin resolves the above issue, allowing WordPress to use the custom template set for that specific page.
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.5+ requiredTested up to 3.5.2 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
1.0
- Public release of plugin.
Contributors
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