{"id":4296,"date":"2026-10-21T08:09:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T08:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eventful-elementor.local\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=4296"},"modified":"2026-10-21T08:09:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T08:09:55","password":"","slug":"override-templates","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/wpeventful.com\/elementor\/docs\/override-templates\/","title":{"rendered":"6. Overriding Templates in Your Theme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"efe-doc-summary wp-block-paragraph\">Change Eventful&#8217;s HTML by copying a template file into your theme.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is for developers. For most changes, the Content and Style tabs are enough and survive updates without extra work.<\/p>\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list efe-doc-steps\"><li>Find the file in the plugin, in <code>wp-content\/plugins\/eventful-pro-for-elementor\/src\/Frontend\/templates\/<\/code>.<\/li><li>Create the folder <code>eventful-pro-for-elementor<\/code> in your child theme.<\/li><li>Copy the file into it, keeping the same sub-folders. For example, <code>templates\/item\/title.php<\/code> becomes <code>your-child-theme\/eventful-pro-for-elementor\/item\/title.php<\/code>, and <code>templates\/theme\/grid\/theme-one.php<\/code> becomes <code>your-child-theme\/eventful-pro-for-elementor\/theme\/grid\/theme-one.php<\/code>.<\/li><li>Edit the copy. Eventful uses it instead of the plugin&#8217;s file.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The comment at the top of each template file shows the path to use in your theme.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Which files exist<\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table efe-doc-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>File<\/th><th>What it renders<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>grid.php, list.php, carousel.php, timeline.php, table.php, accordion.php<\/td><td>The wrapper of each layout<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>item\/thumbnail.php, item\/title.php, item\/event-fildes.php, item\/content.php, item\/read-more.php, item\/social-share.php<\/td><td>The parts of a Custom event card<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>theme\/grid\/, theme\/list\/, theme\/minimal-list\/ (theme-one.php, theme-two.php, theme-three.php)<\/td><td>The pre-made templates<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>filter-bar.php, pagination.php, section-title.php, preloader.php<\/td><td>Filters, pagination, section title and preloader<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Icons and stylesheets<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Eventful loads a small Font Awesome subset with the icons its widgets use. If your override prints other Font Awesome icons, load the full set with the <code>eventful_pro_for_elementor_fontawesome_full<\/code> filter (free version: <code>eventful_for_elementor_fontawesome_full<\/code>), for example <code>add_filter( 'eventful_pro_for_elementor_fontawesome_full', '__return_true' );<\/code>.<\/li><li>Styles are split: <code>eventful.main.css<\/code> for every widget, <code>eventful.premade.css<\/code> only for widgets set to Pre-made Templates, and <code>eventful.&lt;widget&gt;.css<\/code> for widgets with their own layout styles. Style your overrides in your theme, not in these files.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Keep overrides up to date<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Use a child theme, so theme updates do not remove your files. After a plugin update, compare your copies with the new plugin files (the <a href=\"https:\/\/wpeventful.com\/elementor\/changelog\/\">changelog<\/a> mentions template changes) and copy across any fixes.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading efe-doc-related-title\">Related articles<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list efe-doc-related\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wpeventful.com\/elementor\/docs\/pre-made-templates\/\">Pre-made Templates<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wpeventful.com\/elementor\/docs\/content-fields\/\">Content Fields and Element Order<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wpeventful.com\/elementor\/docs\/getting-support\/\">Getting Support<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"efe-doc-demo wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wpeventful.com\/elementor\/event-templates\/\">See the pre-made templates demo \u2192<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to override Eventful Pro for Elementor template files from your theme: the folder to use, which files exist, and how to keep overrides up to date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[33],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-4296","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-templates-content"],"year_month":"2026-10","word_count":336,"total_views":"1","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"ThemeAtelier","author_nicename":"foysal","author_url":"https:\/\/wpeventful.com\/elementor\/author\/foysal\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"7. 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