WordPress Development Quick Start Guide

Blog post hierarchy

The default post in WordPress is often known as a blog post, as it's intended to provide content for blogs. By default, the single.php file is responsible for handling the template for blog posts. In the archives section, we understood the difference between the normal post list and the custom post type list with regard to advanced features. Similarly, we need even more specific templates for custom post types, and hence using single.php for all three types may not possible. In such scenarios, we can make use of the single-post.php template, which was designed exactly for normal blog posts. The content of the single-post.php file will be similar to single.php, and we can add more elements and styles to change the design. ...