How to set post template for all the posts in one category

Hi everyone. How can I bind a post template to each and every post in the certain category? So all posts in one category will have different template, than the rest of the posts in other categories. Is it possible? Thank you.

I have the solution for the problem, is a little ”handmade” but it works.
you have to edit the function get_post_meta_array in \includes\wp_booster\td_util.php row 1540 whit this enhanced function:

static function get_post_meta_array($post_id, $key) {
		$lookat=array(
		        //id_category=>"single_template_xx"
			2247=>"single_template_3",
			4360=>"single_template_10"
		);
        $post_meta = get_post_meta($post_id, $key, true);
	$category = get_the_category($post_id)[0];
	$first_category = $category->term_id;
		
        if (!is_array($post_meta)&&!isset($lookat[$first_category])) {
	    $post_meta=array();
            return $post_meta; 
         }elseif(!is_array($post_meta)&&isset($lookat[$first_category])){
            $post_meta=array();
	    $post_meta["td_post_template"]=$lookat[$first_category];
            return $post_meta;
         }
		
        return $post_meta;

    }

You have to populate the array with the association category_id -> post_template, the variables are single_template_1 to single_template_13.
Custom post settings will be maintained.
Hope to be useful

• This reply was modified 7 years by maxx1985.
• This reply was modified 7 years by maxx1985.

The code was a mess 🙂


static function get_post_meta_array($post_id, $key) {
$lookat=array(
2247=>"single_template_3",
4360=>"single_template_10"
);
$post_meta = get_post_meta($post_id, $key, true);
$category = get_the_category($post_id)[0];
$first_category = $category->term_id;
if (!is_array($post_meta)&&!isset($lookat[$first_category])) {
$post_meta=array();
return $post_meta;
}elseif(!is_array($post_meta)&&isset($lookat[$first_category])){
$post_meta=array();
$post_meta["td_post_template"]=$lookat[$first_category];
return $post_meta;
}
return $post_meta;
}