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Asked: 2026-05-21T16:04:10+00:00

I’m working on my first WordPress project. It won’t be a blog but a

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I’m working on my first WordPress project. It won’t be a blog but a CMS to quickly edit content and pages on the site.

I’ve got the header and footer exactly how I want it by editing them in the Appearance -> Editor menu. Under this menu I see quite a few templates that I could use (screen shot https://i.stack.imgur.com/P7IyY.png), some of which I don’t even think I’ll need or know where they came from. However when I edit my pages and go to the Page Attributes section there is only an option for 1 template (screenshot https://i.stack.imgur.com/UblzD.png). If I select Default Template as my template for the page, only the header and footer seem to load.

I am pretty new to WordPress. Am I suppose to ‘activate’ these templates somewhere? I only plan to use a handful of them (index pages, contact pages with a sidebar). What am I missing?

Thank you!

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  1. Editorial Team

    You should take a look at the information posted in the WordPress Codex on template files and the like. This image is particularly helpful in getting an understanding for when certain files are used by the WordPress engine to render pages WordPress Template Files Diagram.

    You’ll find the rest of the information relating to that diagram on this page.

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