Can I assign 1 Content Template to 2 different Views?

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Last updated by kristofG 5 years, 11 months ago.

Assisted by: Nigel.

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February 4, 2019 at 11:06 am #1195350

kristofG

I have View A that uses Content Template A. I have just duplicated View A to View B and that has also automatically created Content Template B and assigned it to View B.
I would like to use Content Template A to both View A and B so I don't have to duplicate every change every time.

February 4, 2019 at 12:00 pm #1195369

Nigel

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Yes, you can use the same template, but it confuses the UI somewhat inasmuch as if you use the Loop Wizard and choose to add the fields to a template, which is then shown directly below the Loop Editor, you have no control over which template is shown there.

But in terms of the template that is *used*, that just means editing the Loop Editor content where the template is linked to with a wpv-post-body shortcode and replacing the name of the unwanted template with the name of the preferred template.

February 26, 2019 at 7:21 pm #1206522

kristofG

Hi Nigel, after all it seems that both templates did have small differences so I had to create 2 templates anyway.
If the issue comes up again, I will have to ask for some more details as I did not quite understand your answer.