Install a theme or theme component

Importing new themes and theme components

head to Admin → Customize → Themes and press the Install button.

From the Install dialog, you can …

  • choose popular Discourse themes and theme components
  • install from a Git repository URL link
  • install from your local device (rare)

If you are installing a complete theme, you’re done!

If you install a theme component :jigsaw:, you will need to add that theme component to your active themes. Keep reading.

Add theme components to a theme

Let’s say you want to use the Discourse category banners theme component.

  1. Import the theme from the repository.
  2. Add it as a theme component to your active / user-selectable themes.

You can also add components to your themes using the “Include component on these themes” setting:

You can also add components from a theme’s overview using the “Included components” setting:

Automatic updates

Sometimes the themes or components you install will have updates. They should auto-update by default, however, if they do not, you can manually update via the “update to latest” button.

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If you prefer to install themes from the command line, see this topic. If you’d like to learn more about the Discourse theme system, see:

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