How to create a page in a theme with a given template?

Question

WordPress

I’m creating a theme on wordpress, but I ran into such a problem, I can’t create a page with all the necessary settings when the theme is activated, the page is created, but I can’t put down the template when creating it... Maybe someone faced such a problem...

Answer 1

Hello!
In theory, if the template is named according to the page-slug.php principle, then the VI will automatically use this template for this page.
Another option is to include the template for the page via functions.php

Answer 2

To include a template file, you need to prescribe
<?php
/*
Template Name: Page template name
Template Post Type: post, page, event
*/
?>
The file name does not seem to play a special role. The second line c Template Post Type allows you to specify the types of posts for which this template can be applied. If you leave only the Template name, then the template will be applicable only for pages