--- title: Install Formafern description: Requirements, installing the theme, and the Appearance → Formafern screen. url: "https://wpruby.com/knowledgebase/formafern-installation/" updated: "2026-11-04" category: WPRuby Themes / Formafern --- # Install Formafern Table of Contents [Toggle](#) - [Requirements](#Requirements) - [Install](#Install) - [The Formafern screen](#The_Formafern_screen) - [Set up your store](#Set_up_your_store) - [Customize the design](#Customize_the_design) - [Style variations](#Style_variations) - [Starter sites](#Starter_sites) - [Store settings](#Store_settings) - [Licence and Help](#Licence_and_Help) - [Furniture features to set up](#Furniture_features_to_set_up) - [Customizations that survive updates](#Customizations_that_survive_updates) ## Requirements | | Minimum | Tested up to | | --- | --- | --- | | WordPress | 6.7 | 7.1 | | PHP | 7.4 | – | | WooCommerce | 9.6 | 11.2 | ## Install 1. Download `formafern-.zip` from your [WPRuby account](https://wpruby.com/my-account/). Don't unzip it. 2. In WordPress, go to **Appearance → Themes → Add New Theme → Upload Theme**. 3. Choose the ZIP, click **Install Now**, then **Activate**. 4. Install and activate **WooCommerce** if it isn't active yet. ## The Formafern screen **Appearance → Formafern** is the theme's own screen. At the top, **Open the Site Editor** and **View your store** take you straight to the design and the shop. [![The Appearance → Formafern screen](https://cdn.wpruby.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/04162352/formafern-docs-admin-hub-1.jpg)](https://cdn.wpruby.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/04162352/formafern-docs-admin-hub-1.jpg) ### Set up your store A checklist that reads your store as it is, so steps tick themselves off as you finish them, with a link to the right screen for each one left: | Step | Done when | | --- | --- | | Activate WooCommerce | WooCommerce is active. | | Add your furniture | You have at least one published product. Until then you can [install a starter site](https://wpruby.com/knowledgebase/formafern-starter-sites/) instead. | | Add your logo | The site has a logo. | | Give your finishes a swatch colour | Every finish, fabric and colour your variations offer has a [swatch colour](https://wpruby.com/knowledgebase/formafern-products/). Attributes that only describe a piece, such as Material, aren't counted. Shown once you have product attributes. | | Shop by room | Optional. A **Room** attribute exists. See [Rooms](https://wpruby.com/knowledgebase/formafern-rooms/). | | Write your delivery and care pages | Pages with the slugs `delivery-returns` and `care-guide` are published. Product pages and the footer link to them. | | Turn on a payment method | At least one payment method is enabled. | | Set up delivery | You have a shipping zone, or shipping is turned off. Formafern never promises delivery dates or costs; checkout shows your rates. | | Connect a newsletter | Optional. Jetpack Subscriptions or MailPoet is active, so the homepage newsletter section shows a sign-up form. Until then it links to the Journal. | | Activate your licence | Optional. Your licence is active. See [Activate your licence](https://wpruby.com/knowledgebase/formafern-licence/). | Each person sees only the steps they're allowed to act on. ### Customize the design Shortcuts into the Site Editor: **Colours and fonts**, **Header**, **Footer**, **Homepage**, **Product page**, **Shop and categories**, **Menus**, and **Templates and patterns**. See [Styles, colors and fonts](https://wpruby.com/knowledgebase/formafern-styles/), [Headers, footers and menus](https://wpruby.com/knowledgebase/formafern-headers-and-footers/) and [The homepage](https://wpruby.com/knowledgebase/formafern-homepage/). ### Style variations Japandi, Nordic Light and Modern Loft with their colours. **Browse styles** opens them in the Site Editor. ### Starter sites Install, switch or remove the demo store. See [Import the demo store](https://wpruby.com/knowledgebase/formafern-starter-sites/). ### Store settings The WooCommerce pages and settings Formafern reads, each with a link to change it: - **Delivery and returns** and **Furniture care**: marked **Published** once the page exists. - **Finishes and rooms**: your product attributes. - **Dimensions and weight**: the units product pages use, from **WooCommerce → Settings → Products**. - **Store details**: address, currency and the store notice. ### Licence and Help **Licence and updates** is covered in [Activate your licence](https://wpruby.com/knowledgebase/formafern-licence/). **Help** links to these docs, support and your WPRuby account. **Starter sites** and **Licence and updates** are shown to administrators only, and **Store settings** to shop managers and administrators. ## Furniture features to set up Where to set up each of Formafern's furniture features for your products: | Step | Where | Read more | | --- | --- | --- | | Give your finishes a swatch colour | **Products → Attributes → Configure terms** | [Finishes and swatches](https://wpruby.com/knowledgebase/formafern-products/) | | Add dimensions, and attributes such as Seat height, Care, Assembly, Warranty or Lead time | The product's **Product data** box | [Dimensions, materials and care](https://wpruby.com/knowledgebase/formafern-furniture-details/) | | Add the pieces that go with a product as **Cross-sells** | **Product data → Linked products** | [Complete the look](https://wpruby.com/knowledgebase/formafern-catalog-and-filters/#complete-the-look) | | Create a **Room** attribute with archives enabled | **Products → Attributes** | [Rooms](https://wpruby.com/knowledgebase/formafern-rooms/) | | Choose the photograph and products for **Shop the Room** | The homepage, in the Site Editor | [Shop the Room](https://wpruby.com/knowledgebase/formafern-rooms/#shop-the-room) | ## Customizations that survive updates Changes you make in the Site Editor are saved in your site's database, so theme updates don't overwrite them. For custom CSS, templates, patterns or PHP in files, use the [child theme](https://wpruby.com/knowledgebase/formafern-child-themes/).