diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 94cd157b35..922b8b4267 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ search.addWidget(
               // page: number
               // processingTimeMS: number
               // query: string
+    transformData: // function to modify the data passed to the template
   })
 );
 ```
@@ -312,7 +313,11 @@ search.addWidget(
       hit // string (mustache format) or function(hit) return string
     },
     hitsPerPage: 20,
-    // cssClass
+    // cssClass,
+    // transformData: {
+    //   empty, // function to modify the data passed to the empty template
+    //   hit // function to modify the data passed to the hit template
+    // }
   })
 );
 ```
@@ -356,6 +361,7 @@ search.addWidget(
  * @param  {String} options.facetName Name of the attribute for faceting (eg. "free_shipping")
  * @param  {String} options.label Human-readable name of the filter (eg. "Free Shipping")
  * @param  {String|Function} [options.template] Item template, provided with `label` and `isRefined`
+ * @param  {Function} [options.transformData] Function to change the object passed to the item template
  * @param  {boolean} [hideIfEmpty=true] Hide the container when no results match
  * @return {Object}
  */
@@ -386,6 +392,7 @@ search.addWidget(
   <input type="checkbox" value="{{name}}" {{#isRefined}}checked{{/isRefined}} />{{name}} <span>{{count}}</span>
 </label>`] Item template, provided with `name`, `count`, `isRefined`
  * @param  {String|Function} [options.templates.footer] Footer template
+ * @param  {Function} [options.transformData] Function to change the object passed to the item template
  * @param  {String|Function} [options.singleRefine=true] Are multiple refinements allowed or only one at the same time. You can use this
  *                                                       to build radio based refinement lists for example
  * @param  {boolean} [hideIfEmpty=true] Hide the container when no results match
@@ -431,6 +438,7 @@ search.addWidget(
  * @param  {String|Function} [options.templates.header=''] Header template
  * @param  {String|Function} [options.templates.item='<a href="{{href}}">{{name}}</a> {{count}}'] Item template, provided with `name`, `count`, `isRefined`
  * @param  {String|Function} [options.templates.footer=''] Footer template
+ * @param  {Function} [options.transformData] Function to change the object passed to the item template
  * @param  {boolean} [hideIfEmpty=true] Hide the container when no results match
  * @return {Object}
  */
diff --git a/components/Hits.js b/components/Hits.js
index 6774848a24..832a9d82f9 100644
--- a/components/Hits.js
+++ b/components/Hits.js
@@ -5,16 +5,36 @@ var Template = require('./Template');
 
 class Hits extends React.Component {
   renderWithResults() {
+    var template = this.props.hitTemplate;
+    var transformData = this.props.hitTransformData;
+
     var renderedHits = map(this.props.hits, function(hit) {
-      return <Template data={hit} key={hit.objectID} template={this.props.hitTemplate} />;
+      return (
+        <Template
+          data={hit}
+          transformData={transformData}
+          key={hit.objectID}
+          template={template}
+        />
+      );
     }, this);
 
     return <div>{renderedHits}</div>;
   }
 
   renderNoResults() {
+    var data = this.props.results;
+    var template = this.props.noResultsTemplate;
+    var transformData = this.props.noResultsTransformData;
+
     return (
-      <div><Template data={this.props.results} template={this.props.noResultsTemplate} /></div>
+      <div>
+        <Template
+          data={data}
+          transformData={transformData}
+          template={template}
+        />
+      </div>
     );
   }
 
@@ -32,10 +52,12 @@ Hits.propTypes = {
     React.PropTypes.string,
     React.PropTypes.func
   ]).isRequired,
+  hitTransformData: React.PropTypes.func,
   noResultsTemplate: React.PropTypes.oneOfType([
     React.PropTypes.string,
     React.PropTypes.func
-  ]).isRequired
+  ]).isRequired,
+  noResultsTransformData: React.PropTypes.func
 };
 
 Hits.defaultProps = {
diff --git a/components/RefinementList.js b/components/RefinementList.js
index 1ac96ee58c..43423da21e 100644
--- a/components/RefinementList.js
+++ b/components/RefinementList.js
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ class RefinementList extends React.Component {
   render() {
     var facetValues = this.props.facetValues;
     var templates = this.props.templates;
+    var transformData = this.props.transformData;
     var rootClass = cx(this.props.cssClasses.root);
     var listClass = cx(this.props.cssClasses.list);
     var itemClass = cx(this.props.cssClasses.item);
@@ -56,7 +57,11 @@ class RefinementList extends React.Component {
         {facetValues.map(facetValue => {
           return (
             <div className={itemClass} key={facetValue.name} onClick={this.handleClick.bind(this, facetValue.name)}>
-              <Template data={(this.props.transformData) ? this.props.transformData(facetValue) : facetValue} template={templates.item} />
+              <Template
+                data={facetValue}
+                transformData={transformData}
+                template={templates.item}
+              />
             </div>
           );
         })}
diff --git a/components/Stats.js b/components/Stats.js
index d50d5f3a2e..334d4fc5fb 100644
--- a/components/Stats.js
+++ b/components/Stats.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ class Stats extends React.Component {
   render() {
     var template = this.props.template;
     var templateHelpers = this.props.templateHelpers;
+    var transformData = this.props.transformData;
     var data = {
       hasManyResults: this.props.nbHits > 1,
       hasNoResults: this.props.nbHits === 0,
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ class Stats extends React.Component {
     return (
       <Template
         data={data}
+        transformData={transformData}
         template={template}
         templateHelpers={templateHelpers}
       />
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ Stats.propTypes = {
     React.PropTypes.func,
     React.PropTypes.string
   ]).isRequired,
+  transformData: React.PropTypes.func,
   templateHelpers: React.PropTypes.object,
   query: React.PropTypes.string
 };
diff --git a/components/Template.js b/components/Template.js
index 80db98d19e..b83278e745 100644
--- a/components/Template.js
+++ b/components/Template.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class Template {
     var content = renderTemplate({
       template: this.props.template,
       templateHelpers: this.props.templateHelpers,
-      data: this.props.data
+      data: this.props.transformData ? this.props.transformData(this.props.data) : this.props.data
     });
 
     return <div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{__html: content}} />;
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Template.propTypes = {
     React.PropTypes.func
   ]).isRequired,
   templateHelpers: React.PropTypes.object,
+  transformData: React.PropTypes.func,
   data: React.PropTypes.object
 };
 
diff --git a/components/Toggle.js b/components/Toggle.js
index e5c7fad4bf..e7a6ae05fb 100644
--- a/components/Toggle.js
+++ b/components/Toggle.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ var debounce = require('lodash/function/debounce');
 class Toggle extends React.Component {
   render() {
     var template = this.props.template;
+    var transformData = this.props.transformData;
     // When a checkbox is wrapped inside a label, click events fire twice, so we
     // debounce it to only keep the first one
     var toggleFilter = debounce(this.props.toggleFilter, 0, {
@@ -20,7 +21,11 @@ class Toggle extends React.Component {
 
     return (
       <span onClick={toggleFilter}>
-        <Template data={data} template={template} />
+        <Template
+          data={data}
+          transformData={transformData}
+          template={template}
+        />
       </span>
     );
   }
@@ -31,6 +36,7 @@ Toggle.propTypes = {
     React.PropTypes.string,
     React.PropTypes.func
   ]).isRequired,
+  transformData: React.PropTypes.func,
   toggleFilter: React.PropTypes.func.isRequired,
   label: React.PropTypes.string,
   isRefined: React.PropTypes.bool
diff --git a/widgets/hits.js b/widgets/hits.js
index fa16d06bf0..2fd516ee45 100644
--- a/widgets/hits.js
+++ b/widgets/hits.js
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ var utils = require('../lib/utils.js');
 function hits({
     container = null,
     templates = {},
-    hitsPerPage = 20,
-    hideIfEmpty = false
+    transformData = {},
+    hideIfEmpty = false,
+    hitsPerPage = 20
   }) {
   var Hits = require('../components/Hits');
 
@@ -21,9 +22,11 @@ function hits({
           results={results}
           helper={helper}
           noResultsTemplate={templates.empty}
+          noResultsTransformData={transformData.empty}
           hideIfEmpty={hideIfEmpty}
           hasResults={results.hits.length > 0}
           hitTemplate={templates.hit}
+          hitTransformData={transformData.hit}
         />,
         containerNode
       );
diff --git a/widgets/refinement-list.js b/widgets/refinement-list.js
index 24f59a390d..eb2a8a7446 100644
--- a/widgets/refinement-list.js
+++ b/widgets/refinement-list.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ var defaults = require('lodash/object/defaults');
   <input type="checkbox" value="{{name}}" {{#isRefined}}checked{{/isRefined}} />{{name}} <span>{{count}}</span>
 </label>`] Item template, provided with `name`, `count`, `isRefined`
  * @param  {String|Function} [options.templates.footer] Footer template
- * @param  {Function} [options.transformData] Method to change the object passed to the item template
+ * @param  {Function} [options.transformData] Function to change the object passed to the item template
  * @param  {String|Function} [options.singleRefine=true] Are multiple refinements allowed or only one at the same time. You can use this
  *                                                       to build radio based refinement lists for example
  * @param  {boolean} [hideIfEmpty=true] Hide the container when no results match
diff --git a/widgets/stats/index.js b/widgets/stats/index.js
index 27f1a7019a..409856f7a2 100644
--- a/widgets/stats/index.js
+++ b/widgets/stats/index.js
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@ var defaultTemplate = require('./template.html');
 function stats({
     container = null,
     template = defaultTemplate,
+    transformData = null,
     hideIfEmpty = true
   }) {
   var Stats = require('../../components/Stats');
   var containerNode = utils.getContainerNode(container);
 
   if (container === null) {
-    throw new Error('Usage: stats({container})');
+    throw new Error('Usage: stats({container[, template, transformData]})');
   }
 
   return {
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ function stats({
           query={results.query}
           templateHelpers={templateHelpers}
           template={template}
+          transformData={transformData}
         />,
         containerNode
       );
diff --git a/widgets/toggle.js b/widgets/toggle.js
index 2e2a366675..98baeb82ec 100644
--- a/widgets/toggle.js
+++ b/widgets/toggle.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ var defaultTemplate = '<label>{{label}}<input type="checkbox" {{#isRefined}}chec
  * @param  {String} options.facetName Name of the attribute for faceting (eg. "free_shipping")
  * @param  {String} options.label Human-readable name of the filter (eg. "Free Shipping")
  * @param  {String|Function} [options.template] Item template, provided with `label` and `isRefined`
+ * @param  {Function} [options.transformData] Function to change the object passed to the item template
  * @param  {boolean} [hideIfEmpty=true] Hide the container when no results match
  * @return {Object}
  */
@@ -19,12 +20,13 @@ function toggle({
     facetName = null,
     label = null,
     template = defaultTemplate,
+    transformData = null,
     hideIfEmpty = true
   }) {
   var Toggle = require('../components/Toggle');
 
   var containerNode = utils.getContainerNode(container);
-  var usage = 'Usage: toggle({container, facetName, label})';
+  var usage = 'Usage: toggle({container, facetName, label[, template, transformData]})';
 
   if (container === null || facetName === null || label === null) {
     throw new Error(usage);
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ function toggle({
           isRefined={isRefined}
           label={label}
           template={template}
+          transformData={transformData}
           hideIfEmpty={hideIfEmpty}
           hasResults={results.hits.length > 0}
           toggleFilter={toggleFilter}