---
title: 6. Overriding Templates in Your Theme
description: "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."
url: "https://elementor.wpeventful.com/docs/override-templates/"
updated: "2026-10-21"
category: 7. Templates and Content
---

# 6. Overriding Templates in Your Theme

Change Eventful's HTML by copying a template file into your theme.

This is for developers. For most changes, the Content and Style tabs are enough and survive updates without extra work.

1. Find the file in the plugin, in `wp-content/plugins/eventful-pro-for-elementor/src/Frontend/templates/`.
2. Create the folder `eventful-pro-for-elementor` in your child theme.
3. Copy the file into it, keeping the same sub-folders. For example, `templates/item/title.php` becomes `your-child-theme/eventful-pro-for-elementor/item/title.php`, and `templates/theme/grid/theme-one.php` becomes `your-child-theme/eventful-pro-for-elementor/theme/grid/theme-one.php`.
4. Edit the copy. Eventful uses it instead of the plugin's file.

The comment at the top of each template file shows the path to use in your theme.

## Which files exist

| File | What it renders |
| --- | --- |
| grid.php, list.php, carousel.php, timeline.php, table.php, accordion.php | The wrapper of each layout |
| item/thumbnail.php, item/title.php, item/event-fildes.php, item/content.php, item/read-more.php, item/social-share.php | The parts of a Custom event card |
| theme/grid/, theme/list/, theme/minimal-list/ (theme-one.php, theme-two.php, theme-three.php) | The pre-made templates |
| filter-bar.php, pagination.php, section-title.php, preloader.php | Filters, pagination, section title and preloader |

## Icons and stylesheets

- 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 `eventful_pro_for_elementor_fontawesome_full` filter (free version: `eventful_for_elementor_fontawesome_full`), for example `add_filter( 'eventful_pro_for_elementor_fontawesome_full', '__return_true' );`.
- Styles are split: `eventful.main.css` for every widget, `eventful.premade.css` only for widgets set to Pre-made Templates, and `eventful.<widget>.css` for widgets with their own layout styles. Style your overrides in your theme, not in these files.

## Keep overrides up to date

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 [changelog](https://elementor.wpeventful.com/changelog/) mentions template changes) and copy across any fixes.

## Related articles

- [Pre-made Templates](https://elementor.wpeventful.com/docs/pre-made-templates/)
- [Content Fields and Element Order](https://elementor.wpeventful.com/docs/content-fields/)
- [Getting Support](https://elementor.wpeventful.com/docs/getting-support/)

[See the pre-made templates demo →](https://elementor.wpeventful.com/event-templates/)