# Is there any way to edit the default about page?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-edit-the-default-about-page/283010
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 22, 2023, 3:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-edit-the-default-about-page/283010 "2023-10-22T03:32:17Z")
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### Author: ![Heliosurge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/heliosurge/32/571810_2.png) [@Heliosurge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heliosurge)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2023, 6:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-edit-the-default-about-page/283010/2 "2023-10-22T06:17:58Z")

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There is this #Customization > Theme component

> [@Extended About Page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extended-about-page/193351):
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> A simple theme component that lets you add custom html to extend the short site description on the /about page. So you could add more paragraphs and insert links, or images. The component provides an option to enter custom html: This content is added below the default site description on the /about page: You can also hide the default site description by checking this setting: [Screenshot from 2022-01-13 11-21-40] …

However you will need to maybe use css to hide elements like.site statistics.

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