custom post types wordpress

Question

I have created a custom post type called show.. How do I tell wordpress to go to show.php for loading the content instead of single.php?

This is crucial since single.php does not carry the code for the extra added fields I have, thats why I want to use show.php

thanks

Answer 1

The WordPress docs say your template file must be single-show.php, not just show.php.

single-<post-type>.php

The single post template used when a single post from a custom post type is queried. For example, single-books.php would be used for displaying single posts from the custom post type books. index.php is used if the query template for the custom post type is not present.