Custom Themes
phpMyAdmin comes with support for third party themes. You can download
additonal themes from our website at <https://www.phpmyadmin.net/themes/>.
Configuration
Themes are configured with $cfg['ThemeManager'] and
$cfg['ThemeDefault']. Under ./themes/, you should not
delete the directory pmahomme or its underlying structure, because this is
the system theme used by phpMyAdmin. pmahomme contains all images and
styles, for backwards compatibility and for all themes that would not include
images or css-files. If $cfg['ThemeManager'] is enabled, you
can select your favorite theme on the main page. Your selected theme will be
stored in a cookie.
Creating custom theme
To create a theme:
- make a new subdirectory (for example “your_theme_name”) under
./themes/.
- copy the files and directories from
pmahomme to “your_theme_name”
- edit the css-files in “your_theme_name/css”
- put your new images in “your_theme_name/img”
- edit
layout.inc.php in “your_theme_name”
- edit
theme.json in “your_theme_name” to contain theme metadata (see below)
- make a new screenshot of your theme and save it under
“your_theme_name/screen.png”
Sharing images
If you do not want to use your own symbols and buttons, remove the
directory “img” in “your_theme_name”. phpMyAdmin will use the
default icons and buttons (from the system-theme pmahomme).