Title: install_theme_information
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# install_theme_information()

## In this article

 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/install_theme_information/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/install_theme_information/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/install_theme_information/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Displays theme information in dialog box form.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/install_theme_information/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    function install_theme_information() {
    	global $wp_list_table;

    	$theme = themes_api( 'theme_information', array( 'slug' => wp_unslash( $_REQUEST['theme'] ) ) );

    	if ( is_wp_error( $theme ) ) {
    		wp_die( $theme );
    	}

    	iframe_header( __( 'Theme Installation' ) );
    	if ( ! isset( $wp_list_table ) ) {
    		$wp_list_table = _get_list_table( 'WP_Theme_Install_List_Table' );
    	}
    	$wp_list_table->theme_installer_single( $theme );
    	iframe_footer();
    	exit;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/theme-install.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/theme-install.php#L255)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/theme-install.php#L255-L271)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/install_theme_information/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [themes_api()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/themes_api/)`wp-admin/includes/theme.php` |

Retrieves theme installer pages from the WordPress.org Themes API.

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| [_get_list_table()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_get_list_table/)`wp-admin/includes/list-table.php` |

Fetches an instance of a [WP_List_Table](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_list_table/) class.

  | 
| [iframe_header()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/iframe_header/)`wp-admin/includes/template.php` |

Generic Iframe header for use with Thickbox.

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| [iframe_footer()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/iframe_footer/)`wp-admin/includes/template.php` |

Generic Iframe footer for use with Thickbox.

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| [__()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/__/)`wp-includes/l10n.php` |

Retrieves the translation of $text.

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| [wp_unslash()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_unslash/)`wp-includes/formatting.php` |

Removes slashes from a string or recursively removes slashes from strings within an array.

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| [wp_die()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_die/)`wp-includes/functions.php` |

Kills WordPress execution and displays HTML page with an error message.

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| [is_wp_error()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/is_wp_error/)`wp-includes/load.php` |

Checks whether the given variable is a WordPress Error.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/install_theme_information/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [2.8.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.8.0/) | Introduced. |

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