Can't find product template ( already exists ) is not displayed

Topic summary

A user working with the Shopify “Trade” theme encountered an issue where product templates created in the admin area were not appearing in the theme’s template selection menu. When attempting to create templates with matching names (e.g., “You Strong,” “Savages”), the system automatically appended numbers (“2,” “3”) instead of recognizing the existing templates.

Core Problem:

  • Product templates existed in the admin but couldn’t be assigned to products
  • Templates were saved as “default products” preventing description edits
  • Screenshots showed the template assignment interface and naming conflicts

Resolution:
The issue was resolved when another user (Nordalux) identified that the theme needed to be published before templates could be assigned. Template assignment only works from published themes, not unpublished/draft versions.

The original poster confirmed this solution worked, acknowledging it was a simple oversight due to managing multiple tasks simultaneously.

Summarized with AI on November 1. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.

Hello.

I use the Theme Trade.

I have a product called ‘‘You strong’’.
There is also a product template for this and is stored as such in the admin area.

Now, if I go to the ‘‘Standard Products’’ page and then ‘‘Create Template’’ and type in the name, it always creates the name and ‘‘2’’, ‘‘3’’, .. but does not take over the real name.

The name is also nowhere to be found in the Standard Product menu.

In the meantime, I have it on 2 of my products.

Savages and You Strong

are deposited as fixed products.
Both have also deposited suitable templates.

If I now want to store the appropriate template in the theme (since they are stored under standard products)
I create a template with exactly the same name as the template in the admin menu.

Then the template is saved with 2 at the end.

I can’t deposit a template.
Although there is a deposit in the products menu.

I can’t change a description of the product because it’s saved as a default product.

That’s why I want to assign it to this template, which can’t be found.

Ist das Theme Veröffentlicht, bei dem du die Vorlagen anwenden möchtest? Wenn nicht, veröffentliche es. Nur von dort kannst du die Vorlagen aus zuweisen. Bei unveröffentlichten Themes ist die Auswahl nicht möglich.

Vielen lieben Dank dir mein guter.

Manchmal kann es so einfach sein.

Wenn man zu viel macht, verliert man den Überblick :-))))

Danke!