# Letting users select different themes

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/letting-users-select-different-themes/12624
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [February 11, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/letting-users-select-different-themes/12624 "2014-02-11T16:08:15Z")
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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2016, 12:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/letting-users-select-different-themes/12624/24 "2016-09-11T00:32:20Z")

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This is on our tentative roadmap but not slotted for any release yet, the new theme work will have to precede this

> [@Native theme support](https://meta.discourse.org/t/native-theme-support/47494):
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> At the moment Discourse supports 3 mechanisms for amending the “theme” of a Discourse instance: Plugins Plugins can amend both backend and frontend code. They are the most advanced level of customisation. Advantages: Can change backend or frontend Straightforward to distribute, live on Github Disadvantages: Tricky to install as it requires a container rebuild High risk as it is allowed to amend backend code Hard to isolate to a single site In a multisite environment admin on master site m…

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