[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #13272: Custom post types not loading custom templates from admin page

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#13272: Custom post types not loading custom templates from admin page
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 Reporter:  beekado       |       Owner:            
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new       
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Unassigned
Component:  General       |     Version:  3.0       
 Severity:  normal        |    Keywords:            
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 I've been trying to assign custom templates with custom post types
 supporting 'page-attributes'. From the front end, creating single-xxx.php
 (xxx = custom post type) works, but from the backend the dropdown always
 shows "Default Template" even though the other custom template is in the
 list.

 I checked the DB and _wp_page_template is not being saved in wp_postmeta
 for a custom post. After I manually added an entry in the table, it was
 still not showing up. This must be due to the following in wp-
 admin/includes/post.php:

 function get_post_to_edit( $id ) {

         $post = get_post( $id, OBJECT, 'edit' );

         if ( $post->post_type == 'page' )
                 $post->page_template = get_post_meta( $id,
 '_wp_page_template', true );

         return $post;
 }

 By commenting 'if ( $post->post_type == 'page' )' the template is now
 picked up. However, when trying to update it the value in the dropdown
 does not change (did not investigate updates yet)

 Another thing I also noticed is that after doing the above, the template
 is not chosen on the front end unless the page name starts with
 single-[something].php

 I'm not sure if this is supposed to happen or not, but some plugins like
 MultiEdit rely on the value in the admin dropdown to function properly.

 Let me know if the above makes sense.

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