Title: Do template changes survive plugin updates?
Last modified: June 3, 2020

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# Do template changes survive plugin updates?

 *  Resolved [internationaljack](https://wordpress.org/support/users/internationaljack/)
 * (@internationaljack)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-template-changes-survive-plugin-updates/)
 * I’ve been editing vsel-page-template.php to achieve a layout that fits with my
   client’s website. The biggest change is that the featured image thumbnail is 
   now inside the meta section, so that text wraps around it.
 * Will my edits to this file be lost in a (hypothetical) future plugin update? 
   If so, what can I do to edit the page template in such a way that my edits won’t
   be overwritten?

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 *  Plugin Author [Guido](https://wordpress.org/support/users/guido07111975/)
 * (@guido07111975)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-template-changes-survive-plugin-updates/#post-12934838)
 * Hi,
 * Yes, those changes will be lost in case of an update. Unfortunetaly it’s also
   not possible to override plugin template via your (child) theme.
 * By default the featured image is already inside the event text, so I don’t fully
   understand what you’ve done.
 * Guido
 *  Thread Starter [internationaljack](https://wordpress.org/support/users/internationaljack/)
 * (@internationaljack)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-template-changes-survive-plugin-updates/#post-12935035)
 * So when I first installed the plugin, the featured image thumbnail always appeared
   at the bottom of each event listing. Client wanted the image at the top left,
   with the title and other text wrapping around it.
 * In the php file, I took the section called
    `// featured image`
 * and pasted it after
 *     ```
       	// meta section
       	if ($page_title_location != 'yes') {
       		$output .= $page_meta_section_start;
       	}
       ```
   
 * This made the image appear first. Then I edited the vsel-style.min.css to make
   the image float left and removed float attributes from the text, along with sizing
   and other adjustments. So it kind of did this:
 * Before:
 *     ```
       Title Text Title Text
       Other text and date info here lorem ipsum
       dolor sit amet...
       Tags, etc.
                           [image]
                           [image]
       ```
   
 * After:
 *     ```
       [image] Title Text Title Text
       [image] Other text and date info here lorem
       ipsum dolor sit amet...
       Tags, etc.
       ```
   
 *  Plugin Author [Guido](https://wordpress.org/support/users/guido07111975/)
 * (@guido07111975)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-template-changes-survive-plugin-updates/#post-12936051)
 * Hi,
 * Aha, I understand. By default the featured image is inside the event text section
   and right top aligned. Like [this screenshot](https://ps.w.org/very-simple-event-list/assets/screenshot-1.png).
   
   And via the settingspage you can change position of the event meta section, the
   featured image and the event title, but that’s it.
 * Guido
 *  Thread Starter [internationaljack](https://wordpress.org/support/users/internationaljack/)
 * (@internationaljack)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-template-changes-survive-plugin-updates/#post-12940429)
 * Ok, thanks for the follow-up. If you take feature suggestions for VSEL, how about
   someday including an option for using custom templates? Something simple like
   a checkbox that says “Use custom template” that simply makes the plugin load 
   a different php file, and maybe a different css file as well. That way people
   who want to go from “Very Simple” to just “Kinda Simple” could still use your
   plugin and keep it updated without too much difficulty.
 *  Plugin Author [Guido](https://wordpress.org/support/users/guido07111975/)
 * (@guido07111975)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-template-changes-survive-plugin-updates/#post-12943597)
 * Hi,
 * This is requested before but is quite difficult to do. For that I have to fully
   rebuild my template system. The only template you can easily hack into via your(
   child) theme is the single event page, but that’s it.
 * Guido

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