Quickstart

This guide will show you how to install the Carbon Fields library using composer. To install Carbon Fields as a WordPress plugin, please follow the Plugin Quickstart guide instead.

1. Browse to your theme directory
2. Execute the following in your terminal of choice:

   composer require htmlburger/carbon-fields

3. Add the following to the top of your functions.php file:

   use Carbon_Fields\Container;
   use Carbon_Fields\Field;
   
   add_action( 'carbon_fields_register_fields', 'crb_attach_theme_options' );
   function crb_attach_theme_options() {
       Container::make( 'theme_options', __( 'Theme Options', 'crb' ) )
           ->add_fields( array(
               Field::make( 'text', 'crb_text', 'Text Field' ),
           ) );
   }
   
   add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'crb_load' );
   function crb_load() {
       require_once( 'vendor/autoload.php' );
       \Carbon_Fields\Carbon_Fields::boot();
   }

4. Open up /wp-admin/ – you now have a brand new "Theme Options" admin section with a text field