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title: Install Pawtani
description: Requirements, installing the theme, and the Appearance → Pawtani screen.
url: "https://wpruby.com/knowledgebase/pawtani-installation/"
updated: "2026-11-04"
category: WPRuby Themes / Pawtani
---

# Install Pawtani

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- [Requirements](#Requirements)
- [Install](#Install)
- [The Appearance → Pawtani screen](#The_Appearance_%E2%86%92_Pawtani_screen)
- [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 `pawtani-<version>.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 Appearance → Pawtani screen

**Appearance → Pawtani** is the theme's own screen. It has four parts.

**Set up your store.** Shortcuts to the first things most stores do:

- **Add your logo and colours** opens the Site Editor's Styles.
- **Edit the homepage sections** opens the Site Editor.
- **Add category thumbnails for Shop by pet and Shop by need** opens **Products → Categories**. See [Where the homepage links go](https://wpruby.com/knowledgebase/pawtani-homepage/#where-the-links-go).
- **Create size guides (synced patterns)** opens your patterns. See [Size & fit guides](https://wpruby.com/knowledgebase/pawtani-size-guides/).

**Store settings.**

- **Newsletter form shortcode:** paste the form shortcode from your newsletter plugin. See [Newsletter](https://wpruby.com/knowledgebase/pawtani-homepage/#newsletter).
- **Social profiles:** Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, Facebook and YouTube links for the footer. Leave a field empty to hide that icon.

**Starter sites.** Install or remove a sample store. See [Install a starter site](https://wpruby.com/knowledgebase/pawtani-starter-sites/).

**Licence and updates.** See [Activate your licence](https://wpruby.com/knowledgebase/pawtani-licence/).

## 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/pawtani-child-themes/).