# Per-user theme chooser

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/per-user-theme-chooser/45275
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [June 5, 2016, 12:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/per-user-theme-chooser/45275 "2016-06-05T12:26:34Z")
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### Author: ![Overmind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/overmind/32/55446_2.png) [@Overmind](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Overmind)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2016, 1:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/per-user-theme-chooser/45275/2 "2016-06-05T13:57:38Z")

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> [@vmavra](#):
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> could a custom plugin be created to provide such a feature

Yes, that seems to be the quickest way to get this feature. It’s something that’s been discussed here a few times and requested. These were the ones I was able to find real quick:

[https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-more-robust-ecosystem-for-creating-sharing-and-modifying-themes/24402?u=overmind](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-more-robust-ecosystem-for-creating-sharing-and-modifying-themes/24402)

> [@Letting users select different themes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/letting-users-select-different-themes/12624):
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> Continuing the discussion from [What about an easier styling/theming system?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-about-an-easier-styling-theming-system/12346): Will your theming system support showing different themes for different users? I’m not talking about completely different themes with HTML and JS changes. But it occurred to me that it could be rather nice to let users pick between a Light vs a Dark theme on our forum, provided we’ve made our theme to support that feature of course, because that shouldn’t be a given for every Discourse theme. Example from Tweetdeck: …

> [@Per-user theme selection](https://meta.discourse.org/t/per-user-theme-selection/32450):
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> Continuing the discussion from [Coming soon to Meta new_moon DARKNESS new_moon](https://meta.discourse.org/t/coming-soon-to-meta-new-moon-darkness-new-moon/31993/132): No, that was a mockup of a per-user theme selector, located under preferences (in fact, the mockup was based off of a “custom field” on a VM that I installed discourse on a while back). I still think that a built-in per-user theme would be better than installing an extension (+ the user doesn’t have to know how to write CSS). BTW, when I quoted my post, discourse didn’t automatically copy images.

> [@Peronsal Customizable Forum Themes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/peronsal-customizable-forum-themes/27575):
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> I’m sure I am not the first one to suggest this, but wouldn’t it be nice for a user to be able personally customize how the forum looks for them. Just to be clear, this wouldn’t change the look of the forum for everyone, only for yourself. Example theme comparison I made: [Before](https://i.imgur.com/kenblz6.png?1) and [After](https://i.imgur.com/B2cppjY.png). This is a feature that would allow a user to change a forum’s look to their personal preference.

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