Installation overview instructions.
Overview
You can install ElvUI manually or with various WoW addon clients that support ElvUI. Not every WoW addon client supports installing ElvUI. All clients that support installing ElvUI, uses the same api to obtain ElvUI's version information as well as the actual source of the project.
WoW Path Information
When installing an addon manually, you will have to know which directory to install the addon into as various WoW flavors have different folders. The list below will show the folder path and their corresponding WoW flavor that path belongs to.
Path | Flavor |
|---|---|
_retail_/Interface/AddOns | Retail |
_classic_/Interface/AddOns | Mists of Pandaria |
_anniversary_/Interface/AddOns | The Burning Crusade |
_classic_era_/Interface/AddOns | Classic Era, Hardcore, and Season of Discovery |
_ptr_/Interface/AddOns | PTR 1 |
_xptr_/Interface/AddOns | PTR 2 |