diff --git a/03-user/27-wallpapers.sh b/03-user/27-wallpapers.sh
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+# Deploy wallpapers to ~/wallpapers/ — the path hyprpaper.conf preloads from
+# (.config/hypr/hyprpaper.conf references /home/<user>/wallpapers/*.jpg).
+SRC="$REPO_ROOT/03-user/wallpapers"
+DEST="$HOME/wallpapers"
+find_wp() { find "$SRC" -type f \( -iname '*.jpg' -o -iname '*.jpeg' -o -iname '*.png' -o -iname '*.webp' \) "$@"; }
+
+if [ -z "$(find_wp -print -quit 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
+  echo "   no wallpapers in 03-user/wallpapers — skipping"
+  return 0 2>/dev/null || exit 0
+fi
+
+count=0
+while IFS= read -r -d '' img; do
+  install -Dm644 "$img" "$DEST/$(basename "$img")" && count=$((count + 1))
+done < <(find_wp -print0)
+
+info "deployed $count wallpaper(s) → $DEST"