While I haven’t found a perfect solution yet, as I’d hoped to do some automated call for the template in the functions.php or template file, I have found a workaround.
I’m using the “custom post template” plugin. Out of the box this plug in does not support CPT’s, however, you can place the code below in your functions.php file to make it work with CPT’s.
/**
* Hooks the WP cpt_post_types filter
*
* @param array $post_types An array of post type names that the templates be used by
* @return array The array of post type names that the templates be used by
**/
function my_cpt_post_types( $post_types ) {
$post_types[] = 'YOURPOSTTYPENAME1';
$post_types[] = 'YOURPOSTTYPENAME2';
return $post_types;
}
add_filter( 'cpt_post_types', 'my_cpt_post_types' );
On your post edit screen, select the post template you have created. http://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-post-template/