Title: Adding Items to Customize
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Adding Items to Customize

 *  [digitalcam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/digitalcam/)
 * (@digitalcam)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-items-to-customize/)
 * I would like to add several items to the Appearance > Customize section.
 * Items like link color, hover color, menu bar color etc.
 * How do I add items like this to Customize?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-items-to-customize/#post-5027964)
 * You would need to start by forking the original theme to create your own theme.
   Them try reading [http://ottopress.com/2012/how-to-leverage-the-theme-customizer-in-your-own-themes/](http://ottopress.com/2012/how-to-leverage-the-theme-customizer-in-your-own-themes/)

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