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#### Introduction
In this blog post we'll be talking about an essential part of Wordpress which are the templates. Wordpress templates  a collection of files that work in unison to produce the graphical content of the website or they are files define parts of a web page displayed or generated by a Wordpress theme. 

They are sometimes mistaken for themes which is the skin of a Wordpress website. A Wordpress theme contains the template files and other files for a Wordpress website but a Wordpress template only contains certain files which are responsible for certain functions on the Wordpress website. Below are several wordpress templates and their functions.


#### Examples of Wordpress Templates and their Functions.

![templates-wp.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/hpiynhbhq/image/upload/v1519288442/zocluekmttlc8l6yb4k9.jpg)


##### Main 
This is the index.php file and it is used to display the main page of a website.

##### Header
This is the header.php file and it is used to display the header section of a website.

##### Sidebar
This is the sidebar.php file and it is responsible for displaying the HTML for the side section of a website.

##### Footer
This is the footer.php file and it displays the footer section of a website.

##### Theme Functions
This is the functions.php file and it contains the code and functions that are used in a Wordpress website theme. I'll explain what themes are in my next blog post.

##### Single Post
This is the singles.php file and it displays the single post page on a website.

##### Comments
This is the comments.php file and it displays the comments and comments form on a website.


#### Series
This is the second blog post on my Wordpress series. Below is the link to the first post

- [All about Wordpress and why you should Use It](https://utopian.io/utopian-io/@joshuaattat/all-about-wordpress-and-why-you-should-use-it)

    

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