Working with Templates in Elementor

Elementor’s powerful drag-and-drop page builder makes it easy to design beautiful, custom websites. But did you know that working with templates in Elementor can significantly speed up your design process. While also maintaining consistency across your site.

Whether you’re building an entire site or just a single page, Elementor templates are an efficient way to save and reuse design elements. In this post, we’ll guide you through the steps of working with templates in Elementor, covering how to create, save, import, and apply templates to your WordPress website pages.

Let’s take a closer look…

Why Use Templates in Elementor?

Templates are pre-designed layouts or sections that you can apply to multiple pages across your website. They save you the trouble of recreating similar designs over and over again.

With templates, you can:

• Maintain a consistent design throughout your site.
• Save time when building new pages or sections.
• Customise templates to match your brand or project needs.
• Easily implement global changes by editing the template once, and seeing updates applied across multiple pages.

Types of Templates in Elementor

1. Page Templates: Full-page designs that can be applied to an entire page, including headers, footers, and content blocks.
2. Section Templates: Individual sections (e.g., headers, testimonials, FAQs) that you can insert into any part of a page.
3. Global Widgets: Custom-designed widgets that can be saved and reused across different pages.

How to Create and Save Templates in Elementor

Working with templates in Elementor begins with saving the elements that you’d like to duplicate across your site’s pages. Here’s a step-by-step guide to follow for saving templates.

1. Design Your Page or Section

First, create a design in Elementor that you want to save as a template. It could be a full page or just a section, such as a hero banner or a call-to-action block.

2. Save the Template

Once you’re happy with your design, click the arrow next to the “Update” button and select “Save as Template.” Give your template a descriptive name so you can easily identify it later. We recommend also adding the date to allow for version control.

3. Access Your Templates

Your saved templates will be available under the “My Templates” section in Elementor. From here, you can insert any template into your pages.

How to Insert Templates into Your Pages

Now that we’ve saved our templates, the next stage is adding these existing templates to your site.

1. Add a New Page or Edit an Existing One

Open Elementor and either create a new page or edit an existing one. Access our guide on how to create a new page in Elementor here.

2. Insert a Template

To add a template, click on the folder icon in the Elementor editor.

This will open the Template Library, where you can browse any custom templates you’ve saved.

3. Customise as Needed

Once inserted, the template can be fully customised to fit the content and style of your new page. You may wish to repeat the template throughout the page, perhaps alternating the colour or with new images. You can easily duplicate a row or section in Elementor to save you from adding and editing a new template each time.

Working with Templates in Elementor Conclusion

Working with templates in Elementor is a fantastic way to streamline your workflow, maintain consistency across your site, and save time. By creating, saving, and reusing templates, you can focus more on content and strategy while ensuring your design looks great across every page. Whether you’re a beginner or a pro, templates are an essential tool for efficient website building.

For further support with your Elementor website, you can refer to our blog for more helpful guides and resources. As well as Elementors support page on their website for further documentation and reading to help you update your website.

Feel free to contact us if you have any questions or need further assistance. We offer WordPress website maintenance to assist with ongoing website updates.