https://github.com/pressbooks/pressbooks-book

McLuhan is the default book theme for Pressbooks.
https://github.com/pressbooks/pressbooks-book

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McLuhan is the default book theme for Pressbooks.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/pressbooks/pressbooks-book
• Owner: pressbooks
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2017-05-08T12:36:07.000Z (about 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: dev
• Last Pushed: 2026-01-19T22:56:06.000Z (5 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2026-01-20T05:51:53.350Z (5 months ago)
• Topics: book, default-theme, hacktoberfest, has-translations, pb-active, pressbooks, pressbooks-theme, publishing
• Language: SCSS
• Homepage: https://pressbooks.org
• Size: 58.8 MB
• Stars: 20
• Watchers: 15
• Forks: 14
• Open Issues: 100
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • Contributing: .github/CONTRIBUTING.md
  • License: LICENSE.md
  • Code of conduct: .github/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
  • Support: .github/support.yml

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# McLuhan

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This theme is named after Canadian media theorist Marshall McLuhan, who coined the phrase “the medium is the message.” It is designed for academic writing and is also suitable for fiction. Headings are set in Cormorant Garamond, and body type is set in Lora. McLuhan is the default book theme for Pressbooks.

## Requirements

* PHP >= 8.3

* WordPress >= 6.9.1

* Pressbooks >= 6.36.3

## Installation

### Manual

Download the [latest release](https://github.com/pressbooks/pressbooks-book/releases/latest/) and unzip the contents to `WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/themes/pressbooks-book/'`.

### Composer

From within your WordPress or [Bedrock](https://roots.io/bedrock/) root directory, run:

```

composer require pressbooks/pressbooks-book

```

### GitHub Updater

Install the [GitHub Updater plugin](https://github.com/afragen/github-updater).

Then, from the GitHub Updater interface, navigate to the "Install Theme" tab. Enter [https://github.com/pressbooks/pressbooks-book](https://github.com/pressbooks/pressbooks-book) as the Theme URI, then click "Install Theme". Tagged updates to this theme will then be available as normal WordPress updates.

## Changelog

Please see the [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) file for more information.