Custom page with minimum requirement
keep the template file inside your /wp-content/themes/{your theme folder}/
<?php /* Template Name: min Custom Page */ ?> <?php get_header(); get_sidebar(); ?> <div id="container"> <?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post() ?> <h1 class="postitle"><?php the_title(); ?><hr /></h1> <div class="content"><?php the_content(); ?></div> <?php endwhile ?> </div> <?php get_footer(); ?>
Here the commented part is very important “/* Template Name: min Custom Page */”
this Template name will be displayed in template selection dropdown
Little bit advanced version. Here I have added Author details, date, edit link, Category, comments, next and previous post links
<?php /* * Template Name: Custom Page * Description: Page template description */ ?> <?php get_header(); get_sidebar(); ?> <div id="container"> <?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post() ?> <h1 class="postitle"><?php the_title(); ?><hr /></h1> <div class="content"><?php the_content(); ?></div> <div class="postinfo"> Author: <span class="author"><?php the_author(); ?></span> on <span class="date"><?php the_date(); ?></span> <span class="edit"><?php edit_post_link(__('edit?')); ?></span> <br> Category: <span class="cat"> <?php the_category(', ') ; ?></span><br> <span class="tags"><?php the_tags(); ?></span> </div> <?php wp_link_pages(array('before' => '<p><strong>Pages:</strong> ', 'after' => '</p>', 'next_or_number' => 'number')); ?> <div class="navigation"> <div class="alignleft"><?php next_post_link('Newer: %link') ?></div> <div class="alignright"><?php previous_post_link('Older: %link') ?></div> </div> <div class="comments"> <?php if (comments_open()) comments_template(); ?> </div> <?php endwhile ?> </div> <?php get_footer(); ?>