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3 Steps to Publish a Theme from the Admin on Shopify

Last updated: September 01, 2024
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By Sam Nguyen

CEO Avada Commerce

A theme is a way your products appear to your customers when they visit your online store. You can create it in your style or choose one in the Shopify theme store. There are more than 20 themes that you can add to your store, but only one can be used at a time. You can easily practice it by following these steps because this topic is about how to publish a theme from the admin on Shopify.

How to publish a theme from the admin

Step 1: Open Themes section

Open Shopify website and log-in to your account. Click on the Online Store under the Sales channels on the left of the screen then choose Themes

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Step 2: Choose Theme

Scroll down until you see the More themes section. You can upload your design themes for your store by press on Upload theme button or choose one in the Shopify theme store. When you click on the theme store, it will head to another page with various themes which prices are from 0 to $180. Press on the one that you want and select Add theme. It will appear in the theme list under More themes section. Below the theme name, choose Action with ν symbol and select Publish.

publish a theme from the admin

Step 3: Publish Theme

The system will ask you whether you want to change the theme and show you the preview of it. If you are satisfied, press Publish.

publish a theme from the admin

Read more: How to find what theme a shopify store is using

To publish a theme from the admin on iPhone (Click here)

  • Step 1: Get access to your Shopify app, tap Store

  • Step 2: Select Online store in the Sales channels

  • Step 3: Choose Manage themes to continue

  • Step 4: Under More themes section, you can search for themes in the Shopify theme store and use it for your online shop. After adding it from store, tap Action and select Publish.

  • Step 5: Choose Publish in the newly appeared window to finish

To publish a theme from the admin on Android (Click here)

  • Step 1: In the Shopify app, select Store staying at the right end of the screen

  • Step 2: Head to Online store under the Sales channels section

    publish a theme from the admin
  • Step 3: You can see Manage themes below the image of phone and tablet. Tap on it

    publish a theme from the admin
  • Step 4: Under Manage themes, choose your favorite one on Shopify theme store or upload what you got. However, there are some notes for each of these selections. For using a theme from the store, you have to pay for some while others are free. Then consider it carefully before choosing. For adding your designed theme, the theme must be uploaded in the type of .zip file. After that, tap on Action and select Publish

    publish a theme from the admin
  • Step 5: Another box will present on your display which ensures your changes. If you choose Cancel, everything remains the same that remember to press on Publish to enable the use of your chosen theme.

Conclusion

That is all about publishing a theme from the admin on Shopify. The process is quite simple and easy to follow that I hope it will benefit you. One more thing is that the theme you are using will appear in the Current themes part while the others will be stored in the More themes section.

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Sam Nguyen is the CEO and founder of Avada Commerce, an e-commerce solution provider headquartered in Singapore. He is an expert on the Shopify e-commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale systems. Sam loves talking about e-commerce and he aims to help over a million online businesses grow and thrive.

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