Preview how your site will look with a new 2.0 Theme (unpublished)

Here's our guide on how to preview your store and see how it would look like with a Shopify 2.0 theme.

2.0 Themes are great because they work well with subscriptions, and are updated regularly.

There are tons of free 2.0 themes available on the Shopify Theme store.

It is possible to test out the new 2.0 theme and see how it looks and works with subscriptions before actually committing to going live with it (which is pretty neat).

Instructions:

First, we highly recommend you backup your current theme.

) From Shopify under Sales Channels, click on Themes under Online Store.

2. ) In the Current Theme section, click Actions and select Download Theme file.

Check your email to make sure it has been downloaded so you have a backup.

3. ) Under Theme Libraries, you can see if there is an update to your theme because Shopify will state it. It will look something like this.

From Shopify, click on Online store, click Themes.

Under Theme Library, click Visit Theme Store

🚀 IF YOU WANT A FREE 2.0 SHOPIFY THEME

In the Shopify Theme Store, sort by free themes & click Try Theme

(make sure you're logged in as your store!)

🚀 ALREADY PAID FOR A SHOPIFY THEME & WANT THE NEW 2.0 VERSION?

In the Shopify Theme store, search for your theme & click Install Latest Version

(make sure you're logged in as your store!)

You will see it downloaded now under Theme Library.

4.) To see what it will look like, click Actions --> Preview

The Preview will let you see what your website will look like with this particular 2.0 theme.

Sometimes things get moved around, or images go missing, so it's good to take care of this before publishing it and going live.

5. ) ADD THE ONGOING SUBSCRIPTION WIDGET TO YOUR 2.0 THEME ✅

When you preview it, you can also preview how your subscription products will look and function.

The new 2.0 theme will start off without any Ongoing subscription widget.

Shopify requires the merchant to manually add the subscription widget back in.

🚀 How to Add the Ongoing Subscription Widget to your 2.0 Theme

Try adding a subscription product to the cart & checking out!

6.) Once everything looks good (including your subscription products!), you can click Actions --> Publish.

Instructions:

🚀 IF YOU WANT A FREE 2.0 SHOPIFY THEME

🚀 ALREADY PAID FOR A SHOPIFY THEME & WANT THE NEW 2.0 VERSION?

5. ) ADD THE ONGOING SUBSCRIPTION WIDGET TO YOUR 2.0 THEME ✅

Need some help?

Already have a 2.0 theme, and want to see how the latest version will look?

Check out our guides:

Official Shopify guide on how to update your theme