Tips from the team: How to edit non-current themes

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Topic summary

Editing Non-Live Themes:

You can make translations or customizations to unpublished themes using the Translate & Adapt tool.

Key Points:

  • By default, Translate & Adapt loads the currently published theme
  • To work on a non-current theme: access the editor through the Online Store Editor
  • This allows you to manage translations for themes that aren’t yet live

Practical Use:
This workflow is useful when preparing a new theme before publishing, enabling you to complete translations and customizations in advance without affecting your live storefront.

Summarized with AI on November 18. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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If you need to make translations or customisations to a theme that’s not yet published, you can do it with Translate & Adapt. By default the current theme loads in Translate & Adapt. However, if you enter the editor from a non-current theme, via the Online Store Editor, you’ll be able to manage translations for a theme that is not live.