how to create a page template in wordpress from theme editior code example
Example 1: create custom page template wordpress
/* make this file in template-parts folder
give file name as category_post.php */
<?php
get_header(); ?>
<div id="primary" class="content-area">
<main id="main" class="site-main" role="main">
<?php
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'post',
'post_status' => 'publish',
'category_name' => 'wordpress',
'posts_per_page' => 5,
);
$arr_posts = new WP_Query( $args );
if ( $arr_posts->have_posts() ) :
while ( $arr_posts->have_posts() ) :
$arr_posts->the_post();
?>
<article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class(); ?>>
<?php
if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) :
the_post_thumbnail();
endif;
?>
<header class="entry-header">
<h1 class="entry-title"><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
</header>
<div class="entry-content">
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">Read More</a>
</div>
</article>
<?php
endwhile;
wp_pagenavi(
array(
'query' => $arr_posts,
)
);
endif;
?>
</main>
</div>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
Example 2: wordpress define template name
/*on top of Php file add the below line to make as custom template*/
<?php ?>