Themes

The Classic theme is deprecated for new development starting from PrestaShop 9.1. It remains available for backward compatibility but will not receive new features. For Classic-specific documentation, refer to the v8 theme docs.

PrestaShop themes control the entire front-office experience: layout, templates, styles, and client-side behavior.

Starting from PrestaShop 9.1, Hummingbird is the default theme. It is built on Bootstrap 5.3, follows BEM conventions, and provides an accessibility-first, jQuery-free architecture.

Documentation structure

Section	What you’ll find
Getting started	Requirements, quick start, environment setup
Concepts	How the PrestaShop theme system works, structure, templates, assets, hooks, overrides
Hummingbird	The reference theme, CSS architecture, JavaScript conventions, accessibility, workflow
Create a theme	Step-by-step guides to build your own theme
Guidelines	Coding standards, browser compatibility, accessibility requirements
Reference	Lookup tables, template variables, JavaScript events, Smarty helpers
Distribution	Validation, testing, and exporting your theme

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