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How do I assign a block template (.html) to a customized put up kind?

July 15, 2022

I am utilizing WordPress 6.0 and I’ve created a toddler theme from TwentyTwentyTwo. I’ve created a customized put up kind utilizing code like this:

register_post_type('foobar', [
   'public' => true,
   'show_in_rest' => true, // enable block editor
   // etc
]);

In my baby theme, I’ve created the listing templates, and inside it, a file named foobar.html. I’ve copied the contents of single.html from twentytwentytwo/templates/ to this folder and renamed it to foobar.html to make it match the customized put up kind.

If I open the location editor, and click on “Templates”, I see these templates listed:

Single Publish
Web page
foobar
Dwelling
Search
and so forth…

Nevertheless, once I create a brand new put up of the customized put up kind foobar utilizing the WordPress admin interface, the default template is “Default template”, and never “foobar”. How do I modify the default block template for a customized block kind?