Easiest Way to Create a Blogger Post Template

Blogger gives us many tools to help us with our blog posts to get our thoughts out there to our readers and friends. Post templates are just one of them, and they can give our blogging a useful boost.

❓What is a Blogger post template?❓

Simply put a post template is a way to add elements into a post every single time we create a new one. We can add in whatever we like:

Footer content we want to have in every post - e.g. I have my newsletter info in my template.
Formatting, like main title, and any banners we like to have in every post.
A blog post structure to remind us how to create the best posts.

The possibilities are endless.

❓Why Use a Blogger post template?❓

There are 2 very simple reasons for using a post template:

It makes creating blog posts quicker if all the repeated bits are already there.
It makes out lives easier by giving us a reminder of how we want to put our posts together.

❓Where can we add a Blogger post template?❓

In the main design area menu - scroll down to the "Settings" option and click on it:

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Scroll down the setting until reaching "Posts" section. Within this there is an option called "Post template (optional)" - clicking on this title with bring up a pop-up where the post template may be edited.

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❓What should we put in the post template?❓

A post template can be as simple as some plain text that reminds us what to put where, or gives us pointers what to write, or as complex as a detailed layout with images and formatting.

Plain text - simply type in what is required and click save.
Formatted text, possibly with images and more - we will need the html to paste into the pop-up (see next section).

❓What is the easiest way to create the HTML post template?❓

The simplest and easiest way to create the exact HTML we need for our post template is to create the base post inside Blogger and simply copy and paste it.

Create a new post.
Add in all the content required for the post template as if creating a normal post in compose view.
Once the layout and content are complete, change to HTML view (top left in the compose menu)
Copy all the code from the HTML view.
Exit the post back into the main design area.
Go to Settings > Posts
Open the Post template, and paste the code into the pop-up and click save.

Now, whenever we create a new post, this template will be used and our common content will already be there for us so we don't have to copy and paste it in from anywhere else. If we decide we don't want it for a particular post we can delete or edit it as we complete the entry.

It's probably best not to have too much common content, since we don't want our readers to see a post and think "same old, same old" or Google to get spam ideas, or anything like that, but for some things it can be very useful.

Do you use a post template for your blog posts? What kind of things do you have in it? Drop a comment and LMK. 💖💖