Django CMS Custom Plugin doesn't render the template
Question: Running a fresh install of django-cms 2.4.0-RC1, django 1.5.1 and python 2.7.
I'm trying to create a very simple custom plugin with a single field. The
plugin registers in the admin and works fine. It successfully stores in the
database. It's just not rendered in my template.

I have verified the render_template path and also tried using a hardcoded
absolute path. I have tried overriding the render method in
CMSSelectDegreeLevelPlugin.

Am I overlooking something obvious? I've made very similar plugins before (in
different versions of django-cms) and had no trouble.

**models.py:**

    
    
    from cms.models.pluginmodel import CMSPlugin
    from django.db import models
    
    
    class SelectDegreeLevel(CMSPlugin):
        degree_level = models.CharField('Degree Level', max_length=50)
    

**cms-plugins.py**

    
    
    from cms.plugin_base import CMSPluginBase
    from cms.plugin_pool import plugin_pool
    from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
    from models import SelectDegreeLevel
    
    
    class CMSSelectDegreeLevelPlugin(CMSPluginBase):
        model = SelectDegreeLevel
        name = _('Degree Level')
        render_template = "cms/plugins/select_degree_level.html"
    
    plugin_pool.register_plugin(CMSSelectDegreeLevelPlugin)
    

**select_degree_level.html**

    
    
    <h1>static text test {{ instance.degree_level }}</h1>
    


Answer: I think you field is not in the context. I do it normally over this way. Add
this function to you CMSSelectDegreeLevelPlugin Class

    
    
    # Way to decide what comes in the context
    def render(self, context, instance, placeholder):
            extra_context = {
                'degree_level': instance. degree_level,
            }
            context.update(extra_context)
            return context
    
    # Simplest Way
    def render(self, context, instance, placeholder):
        context['instance'] = instance
        return context
    

[Also you can read more here in docs](http://docs.django-
cms.org/en/2.4.0.rc1/extending_cms/custom_plugins.html#storing-configuration)

