Is there a default template file for child pages / subpages?

This seems like a very simple question. I’m looking for something like sub-page.php or page-child.php where I can do some different things on the child pages of my theme.

They are different enough in design and content that I’m having to use a lot of php or the CSS .page-child class to do all the dirty work. I’m looking for a simpler method.

One caveat – I would like this to happen automatically so I don’t have to tell the client “make sure to always select the ‘subpage’ template when you create a subpage!” which is precarious..

There is no specifica template for child pages, but you can do this pretty easily with the get_template_part() function.

First create a file called “content-child.php”.

Second create a file called “content.php”.

Next, inside of page.php, place this:

if( $post->post_parent !== 0 ) {
    get_template_part('content', 'child');
} else {
    get_template_part('content');
}

Anything that you want displayed on a child page will be placed inside of content-child.php. Anything you want displayed on non-child pages will be placed in content.php.