Page Template dropdown missing in WordPress 2.5
Today i want to create a new page template for different display purpose, just create a new page template as following content
<?php /* Template Name: New Template */ ?>
save it as “newtemplate.php” and uploaded to theme folder.
However when i want to create a new page and choose my newly created page template. I can not find any Page Template drop down in my WordPress 2.5, it will automatically display in WordPress version < 2.5 . What's wrong with version2.5? After try and error few time i find the following solution is work for me.
1) Design -> Theme Editor -> Page Template (page.php) (Default Page Template)
2)Append following code at top of the page.php (Template name can be anything)
<?php /* Template Name: Default */ ?>
3) Saved it.
4) Page template drop down is display in write page now.
I really do not know why this happened? Is this a bug in WordPress 2.5? No idea, however above solution is work for me. Hope Help.
Hello.This post was extremely fascinating, particularly since I was searching for thoughts on this issue last Sunday.
i just got curious how can you find the tweak of this bug. ur post really helpful.
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Thanks…your information really helped.
Thanks alot mkyong.
I had this problem in WP 2.9.1
Searched for hours and then found you page. And this works some how. Thanks alot for sharing.
What? WP2.9.1 still has still problem? Wonder why they do not fix it?
Wow man your information really helpful, it saves me more than 2 hours of trial i suppose. but anyway i just got curious how can you find the tweak of this bug?
luck…haha, i just follow the default page template, it’s just work like a charm :)
This post was pretty helpful to me. The probelm still exists in WP 2.8.4 and the solution above works pretty well still.
Thanx!
np ~ just wonder why WordPress team didnt fix it ?
It’s 2.6 — I need to upgrade. Thank you.
sorry, i’m using ver 2.6 as well, it’s seem no problem for me. Hope you can get a solution soon and share it to me :)
Thanks — this looks like what I need for a similar problem:
there is no drop down for “Password Protect This Page” — Do you know how I could fix this please?
Password Protect This Page is not a drop down list, it’s display as a single box, may i know your wordpress version?
Excellent!
Thank you for the fix!
It worked for me when I updated to 2.6.5 therefore this holds true today as well.
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Thanks man, this really helped me, i am n00b in WP, and was confused the first time i make a perfect template page but ut was not being recognized/shown in the drop down.
That really pissed me off until i found this post. Thanks again for writing this.
welcome, actually i suffer a lot from this issue as well ~ hope it fixed in latest WP release