This has worked for me in the past, so I am unsure why it is not working now.
I have created a custom post type:
add_action('init', 'register_team');
function register_team(){
$args = array(
'label' => __('Design Team'),
'singular_label' => __('Design Team'),
'public' => true,
'show_ui' => true,
'capability_type' => 'post',
'hierarchical' => true,
'rewrite' => array("slug" => "design-team",'with_front' => true), // Permalinks format
'supports' => array( 'title', 'editor', 'thumbnail' ),
'add_new' => __( 'Add New Member' ),
'add_new_item' => __( 'Add New Member' ),
'edit' => __( 'Edit Member' ),
'edit_item' => __( 'Edit Member' ),
'new_item' => __( 'New Member' ),
'view' => __( 'View Member' ),
'view_item' => __( 'View Member' ),
'search_items' => __( 'Search Design Team' ),
'not_found' => __( 'No info found' ),
'not_found_in_trash' => __( 'No info found in Trash' ),
'parent' => __( 'Parent Info' ),
'menu_position' =>__( 7 ),
);
register_post_type( 'team' , $args );
}
and called the function which I can see in the CMS, add new entries, etc. I need to attach a page template to this custom post type. On the same site, I have created a custom post type named showroom, and attached the custom post type to a page by creating a file called page-showroom.php. However, when I create a file called page-team.php, it will not associate to this page. Is this a syntax issue?
UPDATE
I got around this by creating a page in the CMS, and adding the template using the Page Attributes. The reason I do not particularly like this solution is due to the possibility a user could change the template of the page, causing it to no longer work.
I just feel like I am missing something relative to how the WP Core defines page-?? variable template names or it is a typo, stupid mistake, etc…
UPDATE
As requested, here is the code from functions.php which loads all of my CPT’s
// CUSTOM POST TYPES
add_action('init', 'register_showroom');
add_action('init', 'register_project_gallery');
add_action('init', 'register_slideshow');
add_action('init', 'register_team');
// ADD Showroom
function register_showroom(){
$args = array(
'label' => __('Showroom'),
'singular_label' => __('Showroom'),
'public' => true,
'show_ui' => true,
'capability_type' => 'post',
'hierarchical' => true,
'rewrite' => array("slug" => "showroom",'with_front' => true), // Permalinks format
'supports' => array( 'title', 'editor', 'excerpt', 'thumbnail', 'custom-fields', 'page-attributes' ),
'add_new' => __( 'Add New' ),
'add_new_item' => __( 'Add New' ),
'edit' => __( 'Edit' ),
'edit_item' => __( 'Edit' ),
'new_item' => __( 'New' ),
'view' => __( 'View' ),
'view_item' => __( 'View' ),
'search_items' => __( 'Search Showroom' ),
'not_found' => __( 'No info found' ),
'not_found_in_trash' => __( 'No info found in Trash' ),
'parent' => __( 'Parent Info' ),
'menu_position' =>__( 4 ),
);
register_post_type( 'showroom' , $args );
}
// ADD Project Gallery
function register_project_gallery(){
$args = array(
'label' => __('Project Gallery'),
'singular_label' => __('Project Gallery'),
'public' => true,
'show_ui' => true,
'capability_type' => 'post',
'hierarchical' => true,
'rewrite' => array("slug" => "project-gallery",'with_front' => true), // Permalinks format
'supports' => array( 'title', 'editor', 'thumbnail' ),
'add_new' => __( 'Add New' ),
'add_new_item' => __( 'Add New' ),
'edit' => __( 'Edit' ),
'edit_item' => __( 'Edit' ),
'new_item' => __( 'New' ),
'view' => __( 'View' ),
'view_item' => __( 'View' ),
'search_items' => __( 'Search Project Gallery' ),
'not_found' => __( 'No info found' ),
'not_found_in_trash' => __( 'No info found in Trash' ),
'parent' => __( 'Parent Info' ),
'menu_position' =>__( 5 ),
);
register_post_type( 'project_gallery' , $args );
}
// ADD Slideshow
function register_slideshow(){
$args = array(
'label' => __('Homepage Slideshow'),
'singular_label' => __('Homepage Slideshow'),
'public' => true,
'show_ui' => true,
'capability_type' => 'post',
'hierarchical' => true,
'rewrite' => array("slug" => "project-gallery",'with_front' => true), // Permalinks format
'supports' => array( 'title', 'excerpt', 'thumbnail' ),
'add_new' => __( 'Add New Slide' ),
'add_new_item' => __( 'Add New Slide' ),
'edit' => __( 'Edit' ),
'edit_item' => __( 'Edit' ),
'new_item' => __( 'New' ),
'view' => __( 'View' ),
'view_item' => __( 'View' ),
'search_items' => __( 'Search Homepage Slideshow' ),
'not_found' => __( 'No info found' ),
'not_found_in_trash' => __( 'No info found in Trash' ),
'parent' => __( 'Parent Info' ),
'menu_position' =>__( 6 ),
);
register_post_type( 'slideshow' , $args );
}
// ADD Design Team
function register_team(){
$args = array(
'label' => __('Design Team'),
'singular_label' => __('Design Team'),
'public' => true,
'show_ui' => true,
'capability_type' => 'post',
'hierarchical' => true,
'rewrite' => array("slug" => "design-team",'with_front' => true), // Permalinks format
'supports' => array( 'title', 'editor', 'thumbnail' ),
'add_new' => __( 'Add New Member' ),
'add_new_item' => __( 'Add New Member' ),
'edit' => __( 'Edit Member' ),
'edit_item' => __( 'Edit Member' ),
'new_item' => __( 'New Member' ),
'view' => __( 'View Member' ),
'view_item' => __( 'View Member' ),
'search_items' => __( 'Search Design Team' ),
'not_found' => __( 'No info found' ),
'not_found_in_trash' => __( 'No info found in Trash' ),
'parent' => __( 'Parent Info' ),
'menu_position' =>__( 7 ),
);
register_post_type( 'team' , $args );
}
So I can successfully create a page-showroom.php, page-project_gallery.php, single-project_gallery.php, single-showroom.php which automatically attach themselves to the correct CPT but if I create page-team.php, it just loads the page.php.
Here is a sample of page-showroom.php, which works:
<?php /* Template Name: Showroom */ ?>
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div id="primary" class="site-content showroom">
<div id="content" role="main">
<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<?php get_template_part( 'content', 'showroom' ); ?>
<?php endwhile; // end of the loop. ?>
</div><!-- #content -->
</div><!-- #primary -->
</div>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
and page-team.php, which does not work
<?php /* Template Name: Team */ ?>
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div id="primary" class="site-content team">
<div id="content" role="main">
<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<?php get_template_part( 'content', 'team' ); ?>
<?php //comments_template( '', true ); ?>
<?php endwhile; // end of the loop. ?>
</div><!-- #content -->
</div><!-- #primary -->
</div>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
I usually just follow the template hierarchy. In your case — and I’m assuming you want your page to list all posts where post type = team — this would mean creating a page called “archive-team.php” under your “page-templates” directory. Alternatively, if you just want to display single posts, you would use “single-team.php” instead. This is the way you’re supposed to do it, at least. I do it this way and it works for me.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy
You need to add
add_action('init', 'register_team');
before function.