contenttemplates

Content templates, sometimes written as contenttemplates, are predefined structures used to create new content with a consistent layout, metadata, and tone. They function as reusable skeletons that guide authors and editors, reducing duplication and ensuring uniformity across pages, posts, or documents. In practice, a template may include placeholders for title, summary, body sections, author, date, tags, and structured data fields.

Templates can be stored as template files in a CMS, blocks in a headless CMS, or as page templates in wiki software. When creating a new item, the template is applied, and the placeholders are filled either by automated data or by the author.

Examples: a product page template with fields for product name, price, features, and reviews; a news article template with headline, lede, body, author, and publish date; a user guide template with prerequisites, steps, screenshots, and references.

Benefits: consistency, faster content creation, improved SEO through consistent metadata and structured data, easier localization. Limitations: template overuse, content drift, maintenance burden, potential rigidity for unique content; requires governance and documentation.

See also: content management system, content modeling, reusable content, templating language.