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Asked: 2026-05-15T03:26:41+00:00

I made a custom page template (for example, for About page), added Template Name

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I made a custom page template (for example, for About page), added Template Name inside the file and saved that. Then I tried to add a page in wp admin console using that template. It said that the page had been created successfully but when I try to open it in browser, it shows me 404 error. What did I do wrong?
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I forgot to say that I set up permalinks to be /%postname%/ and then it give me that error. If I use no permalinks (default setting), it show the page normally.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I think the problem is nothing to do with your custom template, but your permalink structure.

    It’s not really recommended to just use /%postname%/ – quoting from the Codex;

    Starting Permalinks with %postname% is strongly not recommended for performance reasons..

    What’s the slug (the ‘sanitized’ title used in the URL) of the problem page?

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