# Help with initialising Merx

**URL:** <https://forum.getkirby.com/t/help-with-initialising-merx/35189>\
**Category:** Plugins\
**Tags:** v5\
**Created:** [February 3, 2026, 10:09am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/help-with-initialising-merx/35189 "2026-02-03T10:09:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![milaaninen](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/milaaninen/32/15418_2.png) [@milaaninen](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/milaaninen)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 10:09am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/help-with-initialising-merx/35189/1 "2026-02-03T10:09:27Z")

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Greetings,

I am trying to initialise the “Merx starterkit” by @tobiasfabian . But I cannot get it right. I am very new to installing plugins, so all help is appreciated. I have installed Kirby plainkit (latest version) and Merx via composer.

Then according to the documentation. I cloned the starterkit repository to my root folder, and got “merx-shop” as a subfolder of root. I am trying to launch it via a the router.php, but the “kirby” folder of merx-shop is empty. When I launch the server on the root directory it just gives me the plainkit.

Again, all help is appreciated!