Title: Change Widget Default Format
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Change Widget Default Format

 *  Resolved [mdmoreau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdmoreau/)
 * (@mdmoreau)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-widget-default-format/)
 * Is there a way to change the initial widget format? I’d like to structure each
   widget a certain way by default – without having to enter formatting code in 
   each newly created instance.
 * The template overrides are great for the main plugin files, but I haven’t been
   able to find anything about customizing the widgets through a theme. I can see
   what would need to be changed in the widgets/em-events.php file, for example,
   but I’m not quite sure how to go about overriding that through a theme. Is something
   like that possible?
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/events-manager/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/events-manager/)

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 *  Plugin Support [angelo_nwl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelo_nwl/)
 * (@angelo_nwl)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-widget-default-format/#post-4530062)
 * did you try WP Widgets > Events Widget > List Item Format ?
 *  Thread Starter [mdmoreau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdmoreau/)
 * (@mdmoreau)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-widget-default-format/#post-4530080)
 * Do you mean under Appearance > Widgets? It seems like when you set the formatting
   there it only applies to that one widget instance. I’d like to be able to setup
   a different template within my theme to override the default structure.
 * I can see what would need to change in the widgets/em-events.php file, but ideally
   I’d like to avoid editing any of the plugin files directly. In the defaults array
   there’s a key for ‘format’ – wondering if there’s a simple way to change that
   through my separate theme files.

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 * Last reply from: [mdmoreau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdmoreau/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-widget-default-format/#post-4530080)
 * Status: resolved