This documentation explains how to install the Uni Drupal Theme on your Drupal website. You can install the theme using Composer or manually using FTP / File manager.

Methods to Install Theme

There are two common methods to install a new Drupal theme. You can use either method to install the Uni theme.

  • Composer: If you are familiar with composer and have composer access, this is the easiest and preferred method.
  • Manual Installation Using FTP / File Manager: Use this method if you cannot use composer or wants to install the theme manually.

Method #1 – Install using composer

1.1 – Get Composer Command

Visit Uni theme project page on Drupal.org to get the composer command to install Uni theme: https://www.drupal.org/project/uni

composer command

1.2 – Run composer command

Log in to your server via SSH / terminal and go to your Drupal root directory. Now run the composer command. Composer will download the theme and place it inside:

/themes/contrib/uni

1.3 – Enable the Theme

After installing the theme using composer, log in to your Drupal admin dashboard.

  • Go to Appearance page.
  • Find Uni theme.
  • Click Install and set as default.

install Uni Drupal theme.

1.4 – Clear Cache

After enabling the theme, clear the Drupal cache to ensure all styles and configurations load correctly from:

example.com/admin/config/development/performance

Method #2 – Install Manually Using FTP / File Manager

Use this method if you do not have access to Composer or prefer to install the theme manually.

2.1 – Download Theme

  • Visit Uni theme project page on Drupal.org: https://www.drupal.org/project/uni

  • Click the version name in the Releases section. This will take you to the download page of the theme.

    Latest theme version

  • Click Download tar.gz or Download zip to download and save the .zip or .tar.gz file to your computer.

    download theme

2.2 – Extract The Downloaded

Extract the downloaded .zip or .tar.gz file on your computer. After extraction, you will have a folder named uni.

2.3 – Upload the Theme Using FTP

  • Connect to your hosting server using any FTP client (such as FileZilla). You can also use File Manager of your hosting control panel (such as cPanel / DirectAdmin / Plesk).
  • Upload the extracted uni folder to /themes or /themes/contrib/ or /web/themes or /web/themes/contrib/ directory of your Drupal installation.

2.4 – Enable the Theme

After uploading theme files, log in to your Drupal admin dashboard.

  • Go to Appearance page.
  • Find Uni theme.
  • Click Install and set as default.

install Uni Drupal theme.

2.5 – Clear Cache

After enabling the theme, clear the Drupal cache to ensure all styles and configurations load correctly from:

Configuration Development Performance

example.com/admin/config/development/performance

Check Theme Settings

After enabling the theme, go to the theme settings page to configure the available options.

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