WooCommerce Theme Template

Hey there!

Switching themes will not affect the functionality of the plugins you have on your site. Themes should only control how the content is presented on the frontend of your site.

Hopefully that helps! Have a great one!

Thanks @slash1andy but how do I switch themes without starting over? My site has been slowed down a lot after I set up the plugin so it takes forever to test anything. Is there a magic button that I can press to select Storefront and deselect my current theme with all the drag?

Hi, @cherrylb!

[…] how do I switch themes without starting over?

You should be able to quickly switch themes from Appearance > Themes and clicking on “Activate” for the theme you want to use:

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If you’re not seeing Storefront in your list of themes yet, you can click on “Add New Theme” and look for it in the themes catalog.

I’m curious about what you mean by “starting over” though. Did you already make additional styling changes to your existing theme?

@dcka I actually did that. Storefront is supposed to be for WooComm but in the live preview it takes over my entire site. It moved all the widgets to the left menu from the content menu and possibly other things. So it created a lot of work for me.

I can’t even start the installation process over from the beginning. It won’t let me. It pulls everything from WooCommerce even though I flushed the cache, deleted, reactivated … the plugin.

Now that my 3 column website is a two column website. Yeah, I pressed the button even thought it looked all screwed up in preview mode. I’m going to have to write about my experience. And to avoid further feelings of self-doubt, I will turn to something constructive to soothe my ego for the rest of the night. Until the next product testing.

Hi @cherrylb,

Sorry to hear about what happened on your site! It must’ve been quite the mess. From what you mentioned, it looks like you wanted Storefront to apply only to your Shop pages, and for your original theme to still be used in your other pages.

By default, however, when you apply a theme from Appearance > Themes, it gets applied to your entire site.

It may be possible to apply themes selectively, but you’ll need custom code or a plugin like this: Multiple Themes. I’m not too familiar with that plugin, but there is a guide for using it here: How to Use Multiple WordPress Themes on Your Web Pages.

Again, I’m sorry to hear about the mess on your site. I do hope you’re able to sort it out and the information I provided helps, even if by just a bit.

Hi,
We’ve not heard back from you in a while, so I’m marking this thread as resolved. Hopefully, the above info was helpful and you were able to find a solution to your problem!

If you have further questions, please feel free to open a new topic.

Thanks.