# Theme Components - Can Discourse hosted sites install them?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-components-can-discourse-hosted-sites-install-them/160288>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** hosting\
**Created:** [August 9, 2020, 8:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-components-can-discourse-hosted-sites-install-them/160288 "2020-08-09T20:59:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![RGJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rgj/32/523185_2.png) [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-components-can-discourse-hosted-sites-install-them/160288/5 "2020-08-09T21:44:33Z")

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Plugins and theme / theme components are a different thing. Only your server admin can install plugins, and this might not be possible on some hosted plans.

Themes and theme components can **always** be installed by a forum administrator, there are no restrictions on that.

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