Custom /page/2/ template (different from index.php)

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I’m trying to create a custom page 2 template that’s different from the main index.php. For example, the main index page would display the latest news + a lot of features like a magazine. When readers click to read on to page 2, 3, 4 etc of the news posts, they are taken to a more regular news page. Kinda like something on theverge.com (at the bottom, click “next page” and see what I mean).

Anyone have any ideas on how to do this? I know it’s possible to create archive pages for categories and tags, but I’m not sure how to do it for the index.php.

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  1. I would use the is_paged() conditional inside index.php to load two separate templates containing your layouts. Something like this:

    if ( is_paged() ):
   get_template_part( 'content', 'first-page' );
else:
   get_template_part( 'content', 'paged' );
endif;

    Assuming you have two templates, content-first-page.php and content-paged.php.

    Edit: If you just want a different template for part of your index page, try this:

    if ( !is_paged() ):
   get_template_part( 'content', 'middle' );    
endif;

    Put that wherever you want the extra template to load.

  2. @Joseph’s answer is probably what you’re after. But if the first and subsequent pages are going to be sufficiently different so as to require a complete different template you can hook into the template_include filter.

    add_action('template_include','wpse57122_change_on_p2');
function wpse57122_change_on_p2( $template ){
    if( is_front_page() && is_paged() ){
        $template = locate_template(array('archive.php','index.php'));
    }
    return $template;
}

    This alters the default template used for pages 2 and higher of the ‘front page’ (see is_front_page and is_paged()). The locate_template searches the (child and parent) theme for the given templates – in the order given to it. In this example, it will use archive.php for pages 2 and above- if that template doesn’t exist, it will use index.php instead.