Starter Templates

WollyCMS includes starter templates with ready-to-import seed data. Each template gives you content types, block types, sample pages with blocks, menus, and taxonomies — so you can start building immediately instead of from scratch.

Available templates

Template	Content Types	Block Types	Pages	Best for
blog	2	4	5	Personal or company blogs
marketing	3	8	5	Product and business sites
wordpress	2	5	8	Migrating from WordPress
drupal	4	8	10	Migrating from Drupal
college	6	10	12	Higher education institutions

Using a template

With create-wolly (recommended)

npx create-wolly@latest my-site --template blog
cd my-site
npm run migrate
npm run import -- seed.json
npm run dev

The --template flag copies the seed file into your project. If you skip it, you’ll be prompted to choose.

Manual import

If you already have a WollyCMS instance running, download the seed file and import it:

npx wolly import templates/blog/seed.json

Or from the admin UI: Settings → Data Management → Import Content and upload the seed.json file.

Caution

Importing into an existing site with content will skip records that already exist (deduplicates by slug). It won’t overwrite your data, but you may get duplicate block types if slugs differ.

Blog

A personal or company blog with articles, tags, and a clean content model.

Content types:

• blog_post — regions: hero, content. Fields: excerpt, author, tags, published_date, featured_image
• page — regions: hero, content, sidebar

Block types: Rich Text, Hero, Image, CTA Button

Pages: Home, About, 3 sample blog posts

Taxonomies: Tags (technology, tutorial, news, opinion)

Menu: Main navigation (Home, Blog, About)

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Marketing

A product or business marketing site with landing pages, feature grids, and pricing.

Content types:

• home_page — regions: hero, content, features, bottom
• landing_page — regions: hero, content, features, bottom
• page — regions: hero, content, sidebar

Block types: Rich Text, Hero, CTA Button, Feature Grid, Stat Bar, Image, Accordion, Embed

Pages: Home (hero + features + stats), Features, Pricing (FAQ accordion), About, Contact

Menu: Main navigation (Features, Pricing, About, Contact)

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WordPress

Familiar structure for teams migrating from WordPress. Posts and pages with categories and tags.

Content types:

• post — regions: content, sidebar. Fields: excerpt, author, categories, featured_image, published_date
• page — regions: hero, content, sidebar

Block types: Rich Text, Hero, Image, CTA Button, Embed

Pages: Home, Blog, About, Contact, Privacy Policy, 3 sample posts

Taxonomies: Categories (hierarchical: Uncategorized, News, Tutorials), Tags (wordpress, migration, cms)

Menus: Main navigation, Footer navigation

WordPress → WollyCMS concept mapping

WordPress	WollyCMS
Posts	Pages with post content type
Pages	Pages with page content type
Categories	Taxonomy (hierarchical)
Tags	Taxonomy (flat)
Featured Image	featured_image field (media type)
Gutenberg Blocks	WollyCMS block types
Menus	Menus
Plugins	Lifecycle hooks + block types

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Drupal

Familiar structure for teams migrating from Drupal. Content types, taxonomy vocabularies, and regions.

Content types:

• article — regions: hero, content, sidebar. Fields: body_summary, author, tags, published_date
• basic_page — regions: hero, content, sidebar, bottom
• landing_page — regions: hero, content, features, bottom
• event — regions: hero, content, sidebar. Fields: event_date, event_time, location, registration_url

Block types: Rich Text, Hero, Image, CTA Button, Accordion, Contact List, Location, Content Listing

Pages: Home, About, News, Events, Contact, 3 articles, 2 events

Taxonomies: Tags, Content Category (hierarchical: News, Events, Resources)

Drupal → WollyCMS concept mapping

Drupal	WollyCMS
Content Types	Content Types
Nodes	Pages
Paragraphs	Block types in regions
Taxonomy Vocabularies	Taxonomies
Terms	Terms
Regions (Block Layout)	Page regions (hero, content, sidebar)
Views	Content Listing block type
Menus	Menus
Modules	Lifecycle hooks + block types

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College

Higher education site template based on real-world community college deployments. Programs, events, departments, and admissions content.

Content types:

• home_page — regions: hero, content, features, bottom
• landing_page — regions: hero, content, features, bottom
• secondary_page — regions: hero, content, sidebar, bottom
• program — regions: hero, content, sidebar. Fields: department, degree_type, credits, application_url
• article — regions: hero, content, sidebar
• event — regions: hero, content, sidebar. Fields: event_date, event_time, location, registration_url

Block types: Rich Text, Hero, Image, CTA Button, Accordion, Contact List, Location, Content Listing, Link List, Embed

Pages: Home, About, Admissions, Academics, Student Life, Campus Map, Contact, 2 programs, 2 articles, 1 event

Taxonomies: Departments (hierarchical: Business, Sciences, Arts & Humanities, Health Sciences, Technology), Tags

Menus: Main navigation, Footer navigation