When you add a new page, you do not have to write the content from scratch. Instead, you can base your new page on a template. A template is a Confluence page with predefined content. Some templates are provided by blueprints or add-ons, others are defined by Confluence users.

Some examples of where templates are useful:

  • A software development project may have a template for use cases.
  • A systems administration space may have a template for defining what information is kept about each server.

Global templates and space templates

System administrators can also download predefined templates.

On this page:

Related pages:

Creating a template

You can write your template using the Confluence editor. You can also add special variables to the page, if you want to include fields that the author will complete when adding the page. See Adding a Template for more information.

 

Using a template

See Creating a Page using a Template for more information.

Templates provided by blueprints

A blueprint is a page template with added functionality to help you create, manage and organise content in Confluence.

Confluence ships with some predefined blueprints. You can also download additional blueprints from the Atlassian Marketplace. You can customise the blueprint templates to suit your individual needs, disable particular blueprints or even develop your own blueprints. See Working with Blueprints.

Promoting templates in the Create dialog

System templates

Confluence also provides 'system templates' containing content like the site welcome message and default space content. See Administering Site Templates.