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Vuepress Theme Default Plus

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Updated: 21 Jul 2025
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The VuePress 2 Default Theme with a little more POWAH

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Overview:

VuePress 2 Default Theme + is an extension of the default VuePress 2 theme that offers additional features and power to enhance the documentation experience. It includes various configurable options, custom components, support for tracking codes and analytics, and features to combine multiple documentation sites into a cohesive experience.

Features:

  • Easily distributable default config sets and shared navbar items
  • Additional containers to help spruce up your Markdown
  • Google Analytics/Tag Manager support
  • HubSpot tracking code support
  • Automatic metatag generation
  • Features to help combining different docs sites into a single coherent docs experience
  • Docsearch support
  • Customizable SidebarHeader header for larger and more complex sites
  • Automatically generated and customizable Previous Versions page
  • Automatically generated and customizable Contributors page
  • Additional Guide page type
  • Additional global components for YouTube and MailChimp
  • robots.txt and sitemap.xml generation
  • CarbonAds support

(Note: Contribution and versioning information autogeneration currently only works with GitHub, but manual population is possible for other VCS.)

Installation:

To install the VuePress 2 Default Theme +, follow these steps:

  1. Step 1: Open your terminal and navigate to your VuePress project directory.

  2. Step 2: Install the VuePress 2 Default Theme + package using npm or yarn with the following command:

npm install vuepress-theme-default-plus
  1. Step 3: Once the installation is complete, open your VuePress project’s config.js file and set the theme to vuepress-theme-default-plus. Example:
module.exports = {
  // Other configurations
  theme: 'vuepress-theme-default-plus'
}
  1. Step 4: Customize the theme by adding additional configuration options or overriding default settings as needed.

  2. Step 5: Run the VuePress development server to see the theme in action:

npm run dev
  1. Step 6: Build the static files for your site using the following command:
npm run build
  1. Step 7: Deploy your VuePress site with the customized VuePress 2 Default Theme + to your preferred hosting platform or server.

Summary:

VuePress 2 Default Theme + is an extension of the default VuePress 2 theme that enriches the documentation experience with additional features and customization options. It provides easy configuration, support for tracking codes and analytics, customizable layouts, and tools to combine multiple documentation sites. The theme also offers automatic generation of metatags, previous versions page, contributors page, and includes additional global components for YouTube and MailChimp integration. With its robust features and flexibility, VuePress 2 Default Theme + enhances the overall documentation workflow.