---
title: Twig templates
description: The booking form and mail templates of WXP Restaurant Reservations, the values they receive and how to make your own template in your child theme.
url: "https://wxpplugins.com/docs/wxp-restaurant-reservations-twig/"
updated: "2026-10-30"
category: WXP Restaurant Reservations / For developers
---

# Twig templates

The booking form and the e-mails of WXP Restaurant Reservations are Twig templates. This guide lists the templates, the values they receive and how to make your own. For an introduction to Twig and the lookup order, see **General Developer Information → Twig**.

## Templates

| File | Name | What it is |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `booking-form.html.twig` | Booking form | The form on the page. Used by the shortcode, the block and the widget through the `template` parameter. |
| `mail-simple.html.twig` | Simple | A plain e-mail. The mail template is chosen in the settings. |
| `mail-modern.html.twig` | Modern | An e-mail with a coloured header and a button. |

A template name that does not exist falls back to `booking-form`. The mail templates are called `mail-` plus the name that is chosen in the settings, so `mail-mine.html.twig` is available as "mine".

## The booking form

- Copy `booking-form.html.twig` to `wxp-restaurant-reservations/` in your child theme and change the copy. The file holds the markup and the texts.
- **Keep the `data-wxp-rr-*` attributes.** The script fills the calendar and the times and talks to the server; it finds its parts with these attributes.
- Use the name in the shortcode: `[wxp_restaurant_reservations template="my-form"]` for a file `my-form.html.twig`.

| Name | Contents |
| --- | --- |
| `form` | The state of the form (`state` is `ready` when bookings are accepted) and its options, such as `form.kids`. |
| `labels` | All translated texts. |
| `user` | `name` and `email` of a logged in user, empty for visitors. |
| `zone` | The area of the restaurant: `id` and `label`. |
| `consent_text`, `privacy_url` | The text of the consent checkbox (see the filter `wxp_rr_consent_text`) and the link to the privacy page. |
| `number`, `box_id`, `is_manager` | The start number of guests, a unique id on the page, and whether the visitor can manage the plugin. |

## The e-mails

An e-mail template is a complete HTML page with inline styles, because mail programs ignore stylesheets. Copy `mail-simple.html.twig` or `mail-modern.html.twig` to your child theme and start from there.

| Name | Contents |
| --- | --- |
| `subject`, `lang` | The subject and the language code. |
| `intro`, `restaurant` | The opening text and the name of the restaurant. |
| `rows` | The details of the reservation: each row has a `label` and a `value`. |
| `button` | The button, if there is one: `label` and `url`. |
| `color`, `site_url` | The accent colour and the address of the website. |

Change the message afterwards, or switch a mail off, with the filters `wxp_rr_mail_message` and `wxp_rr_mail_enabled`. Add your own values with `wxp_rr_template_context`.