TailwindCSS styles not applied in Django templates outside of theme app

[rednaxela1813]

👋 Hello!

I’m using django-tailwind (v4.2.0) with TailwindCSS v4 in my Django project.
Everything works perfectly in templates located inside the theme app (theme/templates/**).
But styles are not applied in templates from other apps, e.g., app2/templates/app2/app2.html.

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🌱 My setup:

• Django: 5.2
• django-tailwind: 4.2.0
• TailwindCSS: 4.x (CSS-first approach, no tailwind.config.js)
• DaisyUI: 5.x
• PostCSS enabled with the following postcss.config.js:

module.exports = {
  plugins: {
    "@tailwindcss/postcss": {
      content: [
        "../../templates/**/*.html",          // project-level templates
        "../../*/templates/**/*.html",        // app-level templates
        "../../**/*.html",                    // fallback
      ],
    },
    autoprefixer: {},
  },
}

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❓ Problem

TailwindCSS classes (like text-blue-600) and DaisyUI components (like btn btn-primary) only work in templates under theme/templates/**.
They do not apply in templates of other Django apps (e.g., app2, app3), even though I added their paths in content.

Moving templates from app2 into theme/templates/app2/ also did not help — classes are still purged unless I restart tailwind build manually.

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💡 Question

How can I make TailwindCSS and DaisyUI styles available in all templates across my Django project? Should I:

✅ Add each app’s templates path manually to PostCSS?
✅ Create a tailwind.config.js even if I prefer CSS-first?
✅ Use another workflow for multiple Django apps?
✅ Or is there a recommended way to configure django-tailwind for this?

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🚀 Expected Result

TailwindCSS and DaisyUI styles should be applied in any Django template, whether it is inside theme/templates or another app’s templates folder.

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Thank you for your help! 🙏

[timonweb]

Why did you put path configs in 'postcss.config.js' and not in your main 'styles.css'?

Check this file as an example: https://github.com/timonweb/django-tailwind/blob/master/src/tailwind/app_template_v4/%7B%7Bcookiecutter.app_name%7D%7D/static_src/src/styles.css

[rednaxela1813]

I was a little confused by the absence tailwind.config.js file.. However, this is how it is for me now: in postcss.config.js - module.exports = {
plugins: {
"@tailwindcss/postcss": {},
"postcss-simple-vars": {},
"postcss-nested": {}
},
}
twitched a little .. :)

Thank you for your interest in my question