{"id":226,"date":"2020-04-19T11:01:05","date_gmt":"2020-04-19T08:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/?p=226"},"modified":"2026-01-22T15:34:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T13:34:54","slug":"template-widget-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/template-widget-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"Template widget"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>Template widget<\/strong> inserts a custom global template into your page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the <em>Content<\/em> > <em>Template tab<\/em> > <strong>Choose Template<\/strong>,\u00a0Select a template that you\u2019ve previously saved in <em>Templates<\/em>.<br><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"471\" class=\"wp-image-162371\" style=\"width: 280px;\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Choose-a-template.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Choose-a-template.png 628w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Choose-a-template-178x300.png 178w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Choose-a-template-609x1024.png 609w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>After the page is published, an <strong>Edit Template<\/strong> button will become available in the widget options.<br><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"245\" class=\"wp-image-162378\" style=\"width: 280px;\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Click-Edit-template.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Click-Edit-template.png 630w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Click-Edit-template-300x263.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><br> If you need to edit the template, click the <em>Edit Template<\/em> button to quickly navigate to the template within the Template Library <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"175\" height=\"47\" class=\"wp-image-1753\" style=\"width: 130px\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/edit-template.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"callout-yellow\"><strong>Note<\/strong>: Editing and updating the template in the Template Library will cause all uses of that template widget across the site to update as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to use the Template widget to insert a custom global template<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_elementor_kustomer_id":["65a3ea2c69c0be07bf32cfe5"],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1439],"tags":[1389,1388,1387,1390,1398,1235],"class_list":["post-226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-basic-functionality","tag-advanced","tag-agency","tag-essential","tag-expert","tag-legacy-essential","tag-pro"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Template widget | Elementor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn everything about Template widget in this article from Elementor&#039;s Knowledge Base. 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