Changing the default theme in Drupal 8 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell 0 Minutes, 48 Seconds to Read One of the first things people do after installing their Drupal 8 software is to change the default theme. If you do not want to use one of the default themes, you will need to upload one of your choice to your site. The instructions below will guide you on how to set another theme as the default for your site. How to set a default theme in Drupal 8 Log into your Drupal 8 administrative dashboard. Select Menu from the top menu bar. Next, click on Appearance from the secondary menu that appears. This brings you to the list of themes you are able to select under the Enabled Themes. Find your desired theme and click on the Set default link to set replace the current theme. In our example, we selected the Red theme as our new theme. Below is a before and after shot of changing the Drupal 8 theme. In this example you can see the change was very dramatic. Before After Share this Article Related Articles Finding 404 page not found errors in Drupal 7 Removing the site title in Drupal 8 Content Types in Drupal 8 Disabling user images for posts and comments in Drupal 8 How to add an image in Drupal 7 How to upload your custom logo in your Drupal 7 theme Setting custom logos in your Drupal 8 theme Fixing the “An unrecoverable error occurred” error in Drupal How to Make a Duplicate Drupal Site How to Install a New Theme in Drupal
