If you are using Gutenberg and want to import templates from the cloud directly into your website, WDesignKit offers a seamless solution. With WDesignKit, importing templates from the cloud and applying them to any page or site becomes very easy.
Requirement – This feature is a part of The WDesignKit, make sure it’s installed & activated to enjoy all its powers.
In order to import your Gutenberg/Block Editor template, you have to upload your template to the WDesignKit server. Learn the process.
Note: Make sure to log in to the WDesignKit plugin page.
There are two ways to import your Gutenberg/Block Editor template from the cloud to your site.
Import from WordPress Editor
You can import your Gutenberg template from the WordPress editor, to do so, open any page or post with the WordPress editor.
Then click on the wdesignkit button at the top, it will open a popup, go to the My Templates section.
Here you’ll see your Gutenberg templates.
If you are importing a page template, go to the Pages tab, and if you are importing a section template, then go to the Section tab.
Hover over the template you want to import and then click on the download icon.
It will open a popup showing the required plugin to properly use the template, click on the Install All button it will automatically download and activate the free plugins.
You can also click on the download icon beside the plugin name to individually download plugins.
If you have the required plugins installed, but they are deactivated, it will just activate the plugins.
Note: It won’t download the premium plugins.
Note: You can also click on the Continue Anyway link it will only install the template without installing the required plugins, but the template might be missing some elements.
Once the plugins are installed, click on the Next button, and the template will be added to the page or post.
If the template doesn’t show properly then you have to update the page and refresh it again. It is just the way Gutenberg works the activated plugin might take effect until the page is reloaded.
Import from WDesignKit Plugin
You can also import templates directly from the WDesignKit plugin page, with this process, the template will be added to a new page.
From the WDesignKit page, go to My Templates page.
Here, you’ll find all your Elementor and Gutenberg templates. You can easily differentiate the templates by the icons.
If you are importing a page template, go to the Pages tab, and if you are importing a section template, then go to the Section tab.
Hover over the Gutenberg template you want to import and click on the download icon.
It will open a popup showing the required plugin to properly use the template, click on the Install All button it will automatically download and activate the free plugins.
You can also click on the download icon beside the plugin name to individually download plugins.
If you have the required plugins installed, but they are deactivated, it will just activate the plugins.
Note: It won’t download the premium plugins.
You can check the Import Theme Builder Settings? It will import the Elementor or Nexter builder settings.
Note: You can also click on the Continue Anyway link it will only install the template without installing the required plugins, but the template might be missing some elements.
Once the plugins are installed, click on the Next button.
On the next screen, you can change the post type for the template, based on your choice, the template will be added to a new page.
You can click on the View button to view the template.