Custom /page/2/ template (different from index.php)

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I’m trying to create a custom page 2 template that’s different from the main index.php. For example, the main index page would display the latest news + a lot of features like a magazine. When readers click to read on to page 2, 3, 4 etc of the news posts, they are taken to a more regular news page. Kinda like something on theverge.com (at the bottom, click “next page” and see what I mean).

Anyone have any ideas on how to do this? I know it’s possible to create archive pages for categories and tags, but I’m not sure how to do it for the index.php.

Thanks!

2 Answers
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I would use the is_paged() conditional inside index.php to load two separate templates containing your layouts. Something like this:

if ( is_paged() ):
   get_template_part( 'content', 'first-page' );
else:
   get_template_part( 'content', 'paged' );
endif;

Assuming you have two templates, content-first-page.php and content-paged.php.

Edit: If you just want a different template for part of your index page, try this:

if ( !is_paged() ):
   get_template_part( 'content', 'middle' );    
endif;

Put that wherever you want the extra template to load.

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