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Managing templates in the Content Planner

In this article (6)

  1. Accessing the Templates section
  2. Adding your first template
  3. Importing templates
  4. Creating a new template
  5. Managing existing templates
  6. Why use templates?

Templates save time by giving your team a consistent starting point for building content. In the Content Planner, you can create your own templates, import ones from other projects, or use Slickplan’s defaults. This article walks you through everything you need to know to manage templates.

Accessing the Templates section

  1. From the Content Planner dashboard, click the Templates tab in the top menu.
  2. You’ll see either a blank state (if no templates exist yet) or a list of your project’s templates.

Content Planner dashboard with Templates tab visible in the top navigation

Adding your first template

If no templates exist, you’ll see a prompt to either import templates or create a new one.

  • Import templates lets you pull in existing templates from your other projects or use Slickplan’s default templates.
  • New template opens the template editor, where you can start from scratch.

Empty Templates screen with buttons to import or create new templates

Importing templates

From other projects

  • Select Import templates
  • Switch to the Projects tab
  • Choose a project and select templates to bring in
  • Click Import

Import modal with Projects tab listing templates from other projects

From default templates

  • Select Import templates
  • Switch to the Default Templates tab
  • Choose from pre-built options like “Contact Page” or “Blog Post”
  • Click Import

Default Templates tab with common page types available for import

Creating a new template

  1. Click New template
  2. Enter a name in the popup window
  3. The template editor opens — drag blocks (text, image, table, etc.) into the workspace to design your structure

Template editor workspace with draggable content blocks

Managing existing templates

From the Templates dashboard, hover over a template row to see management options:

  • Clone – duplicate a template to reuse it with a different name
  • Edit – open the template editor to make changes
  • Delete – permanently remove a template from the project

Template dashboard showing management icons for clone, edit, and delete

Why use templates?

Templates keep your team’s content structure consistent across projects. They:

  • Speed up content creation
  • Enforce branding and formatting standards
  • Provide repeatable frameworks for different page types
  • Reduce errors by starting from a pre-approved structure

That’s everything you need to know to manage templates in Slickplan’s Content Planner. Use them to save time, maintain consistency, and keep your team aligned across projects.