Manifest

The theme manifest file (theme.json) contains basic information such as the name of the theme, description, author, URL, version, and any other information you'd like to bundle with your theme. This information is used by the CMS to display and manage the available themes to choose from from the Admin CP.

The theme manifest file should be placed at the root of your theme's directory:

public/
├─ themes/
   ├─ your-project/
      ├─ theme.json

The following fields are required within the manifest file:

In addition to the required fields above, you must also specify if the theme is a public facing theme, an admin theme, or both, by assigning true or false values to the following fields:

Example Manifest

Let's look at a complete example of the required fields below:

{
    "name": "Example",
    "slug": "example",
    "description": "An example multipurpose website theme.",
    "author": "John Doe",
    "url": "http://john-doe.com",
    "version": "1.0",
    "public_theme": true,
    "admin_theme": false
}