Title: Dark theme support
Last modified: September 20, 2019

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# Dark theme support

 *  Resolved [multiformeingegno](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lorenzone92/)
 * (@lorenzone92)
 * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dark-theme-support/)
 * It would be great if there was a dark theme enabled by default and served using
   prefers-color-scheme media queries when color-scheme: dark is supported

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 *  Plugin Author [Pascal Birchler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swissspidy/)
 * (@swissspidy)
 * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dark-theme-support/#post-11952012)
 * Thanks for your suggestion [@lorenzone92](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lorenzone92/)!
 * I assume you are using the plugin’s Reader mode feature? If so, I’ll happily 
   add this item to an [existing discussion](https://github.com/ampproject/amp-wp/issues/2044)
   about improving the Reader mode template and customization options. You can follow
   that issue for progress on the matter.
 * Note that if you’re using Transitional or Standard mode, you could add dark mode
   support in your regular theme and AMP would just use that automatically.
 *  Thread Starter [multiformeingegno](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lorenzone92/)
 * (@lorenzone92)
 * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dark-theme-support/#post-11952038)
 * Please do – yes I’m using the reader feature
 *  Thread Starter [multiformeingegno](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lorenzone92/)
 * (@lorenzone92)
 * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dark-theme-support/#post-11955046)
 * For whoever is thinking of doing this, it’s super easy. This can be your starting
   point:
 *     ```
       add_action( 'amp_post_template_css', 'xyz_amp_my_additional_css_styles' );
   
       function xyz_amp_my_additional_css_styles( $amp_template ) {
       	?>
       	:root {
       		color-scheme: light dark;
       	}
   
       	@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
       		.amp-wp-article {
       			background: #202020;
       			color: #fff;
       		}
   
       		.amp-wp-title {
       			color: #fff;
       			font-weight: 700;
       		}
   
       		body, .amp-wp-tax-category, .amp-wp-tax-tag, .amp-wp-meta {
       			color: #fff;
       		}
   
       		body {
       			background: #202020;
       		}
   
       		a, a:visited, .amp-wp-comments-link a {
       			color: #93B3DB;
       		}
       		span.amp-site-title {
       			color: #fff;
       		}
       	}
       	<?php
       }
       ```
   
 *  Plugin Author [Weston Ruter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/westonruter/)
 * (@westonruter)
 * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dark-theme-support/#post-11955585)
 * [@lorenzone92](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lorenzone92/) would you like
   to open a pull request?
 *  Thread Starter [multiformeingegno](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lorenzone92/)
 * (@lorenzone92)
 * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dark-theme-support/#post-11955673)
 * Thanks, doing it now
 *  Thread Starter [multiformeingegno](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lorenzone92/)
 * (@lorenzone92)
 * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dark-theme-support/#post-11955749)
 * Done [https://github.com/ampproject/amp-wp/pull/3320/commits](https://github.com/ampproject/amp-wp/pull/3320/commits)

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 * Last reply from: [multiformeingegno](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lorenzone92/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dark-theme-support/#post-11955749)
 * Status: resolved