Create page template – how to

I’m assuming you’re saying this didn’t work?

There’s a bit you need to add to the top, to give it a name:

<?php /* Template Name: Example Template */ ?>

https://developer.www.ads-software.com/themes/template-files-section/page-template-files/page-templates/#creating-custom-page-templates-for-global-use

No. It works. It is a “how to”.

Copy and rename works to create a new template although Jacob is correct you do need to rename the template name within the php code or else it does not show up in the page attributes template list. Man this was driving crazy. Thank you Jacob!