# Themes - Add a description field

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/themes-add-a-description-field/117038
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [May 7, 2019, 6:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/themes-add-a-description-field/117038 "2019-05-07T06:50:58Z")
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### Author: ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/themes-add-a-description-field/117038/7 "2019-05-31T15:35:02Z")

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Information about theme metadata is now available in this topic:

> [@Adding metadata and screenshots to a Theme](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-metadata-to-a-theme/119205):
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> You can add various pieces of metadata to a theme. Some are stored in the about.json file, and some are stored in the locale files. about.json [link file format info](https://meta.discourse.org/t/structure-of-themes-and-theme-components/60848) name (string, required): The default name for the theme when installed. This can be changed by admins after the theme is installed. component (boolean, default false): whether the theme should be treated as a component. license\_url (string, optional): a URL for a license file. A link to this will be displayed in the admin interf…

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