Templatera – Template Manager for WPBakery Page Builder

Templatera – Template Manager for WPBakery Page Builder

Dust off your repeated layout woes—Templatera – Template Manager for WPBakery Page Builder is built to turn redundancy into productivity. With Templatera, you can create template “pieces”—content blocks, sections, even full layouts—and reuse them across multiple pages via WPBakery. When you edit the original piece, all pages using it reflect the update immediately. That makes it powerful for shared headers, repeated call-to-action panels, global notices, or any content you don’t want duplicated manually.

In terms of technical architecture, Templatera adds a custom post type (often called something like “vc_template”) for storing templates. The plugin adds a “Templatera” element in the WPBakery element menu, letting you insert those pieces into any page. Each piece is saved with its own settings (style, content, inner elements), so the templates are full WPBakery content sections. If you change a template’s content or style, the plugin ensures that all instances where that template was used get updated—this is via reference rather than copying raw HTML each time.

It also includes features for access control: you can restrict who (user roles) can view or edit templates, or which post or page types a template can be used on. There’s import/export functionality so you can move templates between sites: export template pieces (or full template libraries), then import them on another site and insert them via WPBakery. This assists in cloning design patterns or migrating staging to production.

On the display side, Templatera ensures templates respect responsive behavior set in WPBakery—breakpoints, column structures, element visibility on mobile vs tablet etc. Styling and settings inside templates can be controlled similarly to other WPBakery elements, letting you tweak design details (colors, spacing, typography). Because templates are used via WPBakery content elements, they inherit theme styles or custom CSS as expected.

For teams and agencies, Templatera’s ability to centralize design blocks helps maintain brand consistency. For instance, if the CTA (call to action) component used everywhere changes in text, color, or link, editing the template updates all instances. It reduces discrepancies, ensures a unified look, and speeds up design iteration. Also valuable when multiple content editors or authors are involved—rather than each editor recreating blocks, they use predefined pieces.

All told, Templatera is about reducing repetitive work while ensuring consistency and control. If you use WPBakery Page Builder heavily, have recurring layout patterns or content, or simply want a more maintainable site structure, Templatera delivers a robust template management framework that streamlines your site-maintenance workflow.