Title: WP_Customize_Control::content_template
Published: December 18, 2014
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# WP_Customize_Control::content_template()

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_control/content_template/?output_format=md#description)
    - [See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_control/content_template/?output_format=md#see-also)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_control/content_template/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_control/content_template/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_control/content_template/?output_format=md#changelog)

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An Underscore (JS) template for this control’s content (but not its container).

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_control/content_template/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

Class variables for this control class are available in the `data` JS object; export
custom variables by overriding [WP_Customize_Control::to_json()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_control/to_json/).

### 󠀁[See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_control/content_template/?output_format=md#see-also)󠁿

 * [WP_Customize_Control::print_template()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Customize_Control/print_template/)

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_control/content_template/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    protected function content_template() {}
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-control.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-control.php#L710)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-control.php#L710-L710)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_control/content_template/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Customize_Control::print_template()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_control/print_template/)`wp-includes/class-wp-customize-control.php` |

Renders the control’s JS template.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_control/content_template/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [4.1.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.1.0/) | Introduced. |

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