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title: "Templates"
description: "Start a widget from a pre-built template, or reuse one you saved yourself."
---

**Templates** are pre-built widgets you apply instead of designing from scratch. Each one is a finished design, a testimonial wall, a reviews slider, a social wall with a CTA, that takes your own content the moment it is applied.

They live in the '**Templates**' tab in the left rail of the '**Editor**'. The templates library is available on every plan.

## How to apply a template

:::steps
1. **Open Templates.** In the widget editor, click '**Templates**' in the left rail.
2. **Narrow the list.** Use the chips at the top: '**All templates**', '**My Templates**', or a platform such as '**Google**', '**Facebook**', or '**Instagram**'.
3. **Pick a template.** Click a card and the design is applied to your widget, with the preview beside the panel showing your content in it.
![The Templates tab with platform filter chips and template cards, applying the Testimonial Wall template](https://embedsocial.com/images/docs/widget-templates/1-apply-a-template.jpg)
:::

> Applying a template replaces the widget's current design, not its content. Your sources, filters, and moderation stay as they were.

## My Templates

'**My Templates**' holds the designs you saved yourself. When a widget looks the way you want, save it as a template and it appears here, so the next widget can start from your own design instead of a stock one. That is how you keep every widget on your site consistent. For the colors, font, and logo behind that consistency, set them once in [Branding](/docs/widgets/branding/).

You can also browse the full collection outside the editor in our [template library](/templates/), where each template has a live preview.

Ready to start from one? [Browse the template library](/templates/) or [start your free trial](/admin/continue_plugin_purchase/socialfeed29/trial?continue_onboarding=ai_widget).

## FAQ

**Q: Do templates cost extra?**

The templates library is available on every plan.

**Q: What happens to my posts when I apply a template?**

Nothing. A template changes the design only. Your sources, filters, and moderation settings stay untouched.

**Q: Can I edit a widget after applying a template?**

Yes. A template is a starting point. Keep refining it with [AI design](/docs/widgets/ai-design/) or any other editor setting.

**Q: What is in My Templates?**

Widgets you saved as templates. Use it to reuse a design you already polished across new widgets.

**Q: Where can I see templates before opening the editor?**

In the [template library](/templates/) on our website, which shows each one as a live widget.

## What's next

A template sets the design. Point it at your own accounts in the '**Sources**' tab, then narrow what shows with [Filters](/docs/widgets/filters/).

> If you have any questions, click the bottom right chat icon to talk with our customer success team or send us an email at [support@embedsocial.com](mailto:support@embedsocial.com) We're here for you 🙏