{"id":1047,"date":"2026-10-26T22:29:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T16:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smppcenter.com\/kb\/?p=1047"},"modified":"2026-10-26T22:29:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T16:59:42","slug":"faq-custom-variables-dlt-templates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smppcenter.com\/kb\/faq-custom-variables-dlt-templates\/","title":{"rendered":"Do custom variables work with DLT approved templates?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, as long as the fixed part of the message matches an approved template and your variables sit where the template&#8217;s variable parts are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The safest way:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Select the template from the <strong>DLT Templates List<\/strong> rather than typing it in. The DLT Template ID is filled in automatically.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Put your <code>$CUSTOM1$<\/code> style variables in the positions where the template expects variable content.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Keep the values in your custom columns within whatever the template permits.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you type the content manually, you have to enter the DLT Template ID yourself. A mismatch between your content and the approved template fails the messages, so check it on a small batch first.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, as long as the fixed part of the message matches an approved template and your variables sit where the template&#8217;s variable parts are. The safest way: If you type the content manually, you have to enter the DLT Template ID yourself. A mismatch between your content and the approved template fails the messages, so [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[515],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-compose"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smppcenter.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smppcenter.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smppcenter.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smppcenter.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smppcenter.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/smppcenter.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smppcenter.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smppcenter.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smppcenter.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}