Native module · Templates
Website templates: build a block once. Reuse it everywhere.
SGEN Templates is a governed library of reusable website templates, content blocks, and full-page layouts. Author a footer, a newsletter CTA, or a promo banner one time, mark it Published, and it carries a Err: Template not found! shortcode you can drop on any page, post, product, or event.
Edit the source block in one place and every page that references it updates. Or assign a template as your site's Header, Footer, or Mobile Menu and it becomes the chrome across the whole site. Full CRUD, a trash and restore lifecycle, bulk actions, JSON import and export, and an optional SG Builder visual canvas, included on every plan.
The problem with copy-paste blocks
A footer you pasted onto forty pages is forty footers to fix.
Most site tools treat reusable content as a snippet you copy in. The moment a phone number, a promo line, or a legal link changes, you are hunting through every page that holds a copy. Worse, the ones you miss drift out of sync, and there is no record of where a block is even used.
SGEN Templates makes the block itself the single source. The page holds a reference, not a copy. Change the source once and every reference follows. Trash one by mistake and restore it. Move your whole catalog to another install as JSON. It is a library with a lifecycle, not a pile of pasted HTML.
What the module does
One library. Three jobs done natively.
Build, govern, and deploy reusable content from one screen, native in your dashboard with nothing to install and no per-template fee.
Build it once
Author a block or a full page layout in the rich-text editor, or flip the content source to SG Builder and lay it out on the visual canvas. Set a title, choose Published or Draft, and save. One template, one source of truth.
Govern the lifecycle
A real Draft and Publish status, one-click Duplicate that clones to a Draft with metadata preserved, AJAX Trash and Restore with a live Trash tab and counts, and Delete Permanently as the irreversible step. Bulk-select to move many at once.
Deploy two ways
Drop the Err: Template not found! shortcode inline on any page, or assign the template as your site Header, Footer, or Mobile Menu through Appearance. The same block can be a reusable inline snippet and the chrome that wraps your whole site.
The manage screen
Title, status, content source, and a shortcode you can copy.
Creating or editing a template is one form. Name it, pick Published or Draft, choose the rich-text editor or SG Builder as the content source, and write. On an existing template you get a read-only shortcode chip to copy, the created and last-modified dates, and a clear warning if this template is the active Footer, so editing its layout will not surprise you.
Deploy by shortcode
One source block, referenced across your whole site.
The shortcode is the headline mechanic. Build the block once, place Err: Template not found! wherever you need it, and every page that references it stays in sync. Update the source and the change propagates, no find-and-replace across pages.
The same template assigned as site chrome: one footer, rendered across every page.
Manage the catalog in bulk
Select many, move them all in one action.
A growing library needs more than one-at-a-time edits. Check the templates you want, pick an action from Action for Selected, and Apply moves every selected row at once: Move to Publish, Move to Draft, or Move to Trash. On the Trash tab the action set switches to Delete Permanently, so a seasonal cleanup is a single pass, not forty clicks.
Pair it with the status pills and the search box and the list is a real working catalog: filter to Draft, select the batch you finished, and publish them together. The same screen handles one template or a hundred.
Move to Publish, Move to Draft, and Move to Trash work across any selection. Delete Permanently is the irreversible step and is offered only on the Trash tab.
Portable and shareable
Move templates between installs, or import from a library.
Export one template or your whole published catalog as JSON and import it on another SGEN install. The export carries each template's status and metadata, so the round-trip is faithful. And the Browse tab opens an external template library of ready-made Blocks and Pages you can import in one click.
Bring a catalog in from another install, or pull a ready-made block from the library and import it as your own template to edit.
The stack it replaces
One module. The whole reusable-block stack, in the box.
SGEN ships the library, the lifecycle, the JSON import and export, the external library browser, and the SG Builder canvas as one native module, nothing to install. Reusable blocks, a cloud import service, and a visual page-builder add-on usually come as three separate purchases bolted onto a site. Here they are one screen, with no per-template license and no separate cloud subscription.
Reusable blocks, nativeBuilt-in template librarySite-wide global blocks
Better with the rest of the platform
Lay templates out visually, then make them your site chrome.
Set a template's content source to SG Builder and it opens into the full visual canvas, the same GrapesJS-fork editor behind the Page Builder module. Commit with Publish Changes. Then through Appearance you can assign any published template as your Header, Footer, or Mobile Menu, so a block you built becomes the chrome on every page.
Questions
Frequently asked questions about Templates
What is the shortcode and how do I use it? +
Every saved template gets a shortcode like
Can a template become my site Header or Footer? +
Yes. Through Appearance you can assign any published template as the site Header, Footer, or Mobile Menu, so it renders as chrome across the whole site. The edit form shows a warning when a template is the active Footer so you know your changes affect every page.
Can I build a template visually instead of in a text editor? +
Yes. Set the content source to SG Builder and the template opens into the full visual canvas, the same editor behind the Page Builder module. You commit changes with the Publish Changes button. Templates set to the rich-text editor use the standard content editor instead.
How do I move templates to another SGEN site? +
Use Import / Export. Export one template or all published templates as a JSON file, then import that file on the other install. The export carries each template's status and metadata, so the imported templates arrive with their settings intact. Note that import does not de-duplicate by title, so re-importing the same file creates additional copies.
What happens when I trash and restore a template? +
Trash moves a template to the Trash tab, where it is held until you Restore it or Delete Permanently. Restore brings it back as a Draft, so a template that was Published will need to be re-published after you restore it. Delete Permanently is the irreversible step and only applies to trashed items.
Can I duplicate a template? +
Yes. Duplicate clones the template to a new Draft named " (Draft)" with its metadata preserved, so you can branch a variation without touching the original. You can also bulk-select multiple templates and move them to Publish, Draft, or Trash in one action.
Included in your plan
A reusable library, a full lifecycle, and a visual canvas. From $39/mo.
SGEN Templates is one of 23 native modules included in every plan. Build and reuse templates on the free Sandbox across unlimited staging sites before you pay anything.
From $39/mo, billed annually. $47 monthly. 2-week trial, cancel anytime. Every module included.