Themes and Templates
This information only applies to self-hosted WHMCS installations. To customize your theme on WHMCS Cloud, use the Theme Editor addon module.
You can also create and customize your own themes and templates to match your branding and tailor your offerings to your business’s needs.
Themes and Templates
WHMCS uses theme and template systems to present content to your staff and customers. You can choose between several included options that ship with WHMCS.
- A theme controls the client-facing user interface.
- A template (or order form template) defines the look and feel of the shopping cart process. WHMCS ships with several order form templates.
WHMCS provides Git™ repositories for our themes and templates on GitHub™. We recommend that you start by copying the appropriate repository when you customize a default theme or template. For more information, see Create Customizations with Git.
System Themes
WHMCS allows you to provide a seamless experience for your website visitors by customizing the look of the Client Area to match the rest of your website.
You can choose the theme for your WHMCS installation in the General tab at Configuration () > System Settings > General Settings.
For more information about creating custom themes for self-hosted WHMCS installations, see our Developer Documentation.
Order Form Templates
You can set the order form template that displays for specific product groups at Configuration () > System Settings > Products/Services.
For more information about creating custom order form templates, see Custom Order Form Templates.
Last modified: 2026 April 30