The posts on my custom theme are using the index.php file instead of single.php _ I have looked through at least 10 questions on SO_ although many of them are very old _

Some answers said that if the WP loop isn't set up in single.php then it won't be called _ BUT my single.php file does contain the loop _

<?php get_header(); ?>

    <div class="container fadeIn" id="perimeter">
        <section id="page">
           <div class="row">
               <div class="col-12">
                    <div class="divPad">
                        <?php if(have_posts()) : ?>
                            <?php while(have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
                                <?php the_content(); ?>
                            <?php endwhile; ?>
                        <?php else : ?>
                            <?php echo wpautop('Sorry, no posts were found'); ?>
                        <?php endif; ?>                    
                    </div>
                </div>       
           </div>
        </section>

        <div class="horizBuffer2"></div>
    </div><!-- /#perimeter -->

<?php get_footer(); ?>

One answer appears on several questions and judging from the spelling and other idiosyncrasies has clearly been copy/pasted _ It says something about changing permalinks in the WP dashboard Settings section _ but it doesn't explain clearly what should be changed _

IMPORTANT: This custom theme does NOT have a blogroll page _ All posts are sent to different pages via their categories _

Thanks in advance to anyone who can get my posts to display on single.php

The posts on my custom theme are using the index.php file instead of single.php _ I have looked through at least 10 questions on SO_ although many of them are very old _

Some answers said that if the WP loop isn't set up in single.php then it won't be called _ BUT my single.php file does contain the loop _

<?php get_header(); ?>

    <div class="container fadeIn" id="perimeter">
        <section id="page">
           <div class="row">
               <div class="col-12">
                    <div class="divPad">
                        <?php if(have_posts()) : ?>
                            <?php while(have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
                                <?php the_content(); ?>
                            <?php endwhile; ?>
                        <?php else : ?>
                            <?php echo wpautop('Sorry, no posts were found'); ?>
                        <?php endif; ?>                    
                    </div>
                </div>       
           </div>
        </section>

        <div class="horizBuffer2"></div>
    </div><!-- /#perimeter -->

<?php get_footer(); ?>

One answer appears on several questions and judging from the spelling and other idiosyncrasies has clearly been copy/pasted _ It says something about changing permalinks in the WP dashboard Settings section _ but it doesn't explain clearly what should be changed _

IMPORTANT: This custom theme does NOT have a blogroll page _ All posts are sent to different pages via their categories _

Thanks in advance to anyone who can get my posts to display on single.php

• posts
• permalinks
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• 1 Are you sure that the template being used is indeed index.php ? – Sally CJ Commented Aug 13, 2019 at 22:46
• hi Sally _ very happy to see you cos you helped me out once before with with a bootstrap 4 modal : ) – inputforcolor Commented Aug 13, 2019 at 22:55
• this is the URL to a post which I want to show up in the single.php so that I can style the page >>> lilyrigby/index.php/2019/08/12/hughie-odonoghue – inputforcolor Commented Aug 13, 2019 at 22:55
• 1 Yeah, I'm glad to see you've got it sorted already. :) – Sally CJ Commented Aug 13, 2019 at 23:23
• 1 Good to see you again @SallyCJ _ thanks for showing up : ) – inputforcolor Commented Aug 13, 2019 at 23:24

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single.php will only display a single post on the other hand index.php is the default template that displays everything including posts, post, page, categories, and tags only if specific template file is not present.