How to fix problems with WordPress Front Pages not showing the proper template

The Problem

You are using a custom post type as the front page, and for no obvious reason it will not display in the custom template your wrote

The Cause

The front page always uses the font-page.php template in your theme, and if front-page.php is not present, then it will use the page.php template file.

The Solution

Create a front-page.php template file – it’s quite simple with that bit of missing information.

 

Written By Steve French

 

This entry was posted on Wednesday, October 17th, 2012 at 8:10 amand is filed under How To Fix, WordPress . You can follow any comments to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a comment, or trackback from your own site.

 

 

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