# Customization in Discourse

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/customization-in-discourse/50873
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [September 29, 2016, 4:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customization-in-discourse/50873 "2016-09-29T16:21:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![anon28163865](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/50afbb/32.png) [@anon28163865](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon28163865)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2016, 4:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customization-in-discourse/50873/1 "2016-09-29T16:21:25Z")

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Can discourse be customized beyond just CSS colors options that are available in Admin.

**Customization as in →**

1. Customized Header and Footer
2. Possibility of placing widget or snippets or even placing advertisement slots such Google ads etc.[Inner pages such as → [With the new right gutter, where should "Reply as Linked Topic" go?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/with-the-new-right-gutter-where-should-reply-as-linked-topic-go/44815)]

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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2016, 4:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customization-in-discourse/50873/2 "2016-09-29T16:25:35Z")

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> [@kudos](#):
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> Customized Header and Footer

Yes!

![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/4/5/45e2179a335e8b9abb4d4d11dd3363813dc890ae.png)

> [@kudos](#):
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> Possibility of placing widget or snippets or even placing advertisement slots such Google ads etc.

We have an official Google Ads plugin:

> [@Discourse Advertising Plugin (Ads)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advertising-plugin-for-discourse-serve-ads-on-your-discourse-forum-official-endorsed/33734):
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> discourse2Summary Discourse Advertising allows the set up of advertisements on Discourseopen_bookInstall Guide This plugin is bundled with Discourse core. There is no need to install the plugin separately.warning AD-BLOCKERS If you are running an ad-blocker in your browser or through a vpn, the contents of your /admin/plugins page may be blanked out. Disabling your adblocker, using an incognito tab, or whitelisting your site should prevent this issue. Features Th…

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### Author: ![anon28163865](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/50afbb/32.png) [@anon28163865](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon28163865)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2016, 4:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customization-in-discourse/50873/3 "2016-09-29T16:53:11Z")

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Thanks what about placing our own widget such as widgets(or Snippets) showing our own product?

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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2016, 4:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customization-in-discourse/50873/4 "2016-09-29T16:58:37Z")

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You can develop a plugin that uses one of the many customization slots to show arbitraty information.