Wordpress Custom Post Type Children Template

Question

I have created a hierarchical custom post type in wordpress called "films." It is hierarchical so it can have children elements.

When a "film" is clicked, wordpress automatically uses the template called 'single-films.php'. That is great, but I wish to use a different template when one of the film's children pages is clicked. For instance, a child of a film might be "press." When that film's press link is clicked, I want it to use a different template than single-films.php.

I was hoping there is some way I can use a template like single-children-films.php. Any ideas how I can change a hierarchical custom post type's children template?

or, another way of handling it is to add conditional logic to the single-films.php saying if this post is a parent, do this...if this post is a child, do this....But I'm unsure of the code to do that either. — JCHASE11
I just answered something very similar here: stackoverflow.com/questions/45919508/… — Paul

taz johnston taz johnston · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-03T14:54:16

I think I have just done the same thing:

I had a custom post type called "product" the parent is the 'brand' and the child is essentially an 'item of the brand' here is what I put in my single-product.php

This is the first query to get the child posts [items]

 <?php $mypages = get_pages( array( 'child_of' => $post->ID, 'post_type' => 'product', 'sort_order' => 'desc' ) );
//So if it is not a parent
if (empty($mypages)){ ?>
//use these styles
<div class="single_item">stuff is happening</div>
//If it is a parent post so has children
 <?php ; } else { ?>
//Then Do these things
<div class="brandstuff">showing extra stuffs</div>
<div class="morebrandstuffs">maybe do some extra stuff</div>
//I wanted to add a list of my child pages to my parent page
<?php $mypages = get_pages( array( 'child_of' => $post->ID, 'post_type' => 'product', 'sort_order' => 'desc' ) );

foreach( $mypages as $page ) {      
    $content = $page->post_content;
    if ( ! $content ) // Check for empty page
        continue;

    $content = apply_filters( 'the_content', $content );
?><div class="item">
    <a href="<?php echo get_permalink( $page->ID ); ?>">
    <div class="item_thumb"><?php echo get_the_post_thumbnail($page->ID, 'item_thumb'); ?></div>
    <?php echo $page->post_title; ?></a>
      </div>

<?php
}   
?> <?php } ?>

Wordpress Custom Post Type Children Template

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