Install Laurel

Laurel is sold on the Shopify Theme Store, so you add it to your store straight from Shopify, with no file to download and no zip to upload. This page takes you from the Theme Store listing to a working theme in your store: adding it to your theme library, trying it for free, and publishing it when you are ready. Nothing you do here removes the theme your customers see now, so you can take your time.

Before you start

• You are the store owner, or you use a staff account that can manage themes in Online Store.
• You can add Laurel to your library and preview it for free. You are only charged when you publish it as your live theme.
• Your current theme stays published until you decide to switch, so your storefront keeps running during the whole process.
• Plan around 15 minutes for the install itself. Setting up apps and metafields comes after.

Step 1: Open your theme library

Result: you see your published theme at the top and, below it, the Theme library where unpublished themes are kept.

Step 2: Add Laurel from the Theme Store

Result: Laurel appears in your theme library as an unpublished theme. It is not visible to shoppers yet, and you have not been charged for it.

Step 3: Preview Laurel before you publish

Result: you see your own products and collections inside the Laurel layout, while your live storefront still runs on the old theme.

Step 4: Customize before going live (optional but recommended)

Result: Laurel already carries your branding on the day you publish it, so shoppers never see a half finished store.

Step 5: Publish Laurel

Result: Laurel is now your live theme. Your previous theme moves into the theme library, unpublished but intact, so you can switch back at any time.

What you should see

• Laurel is listed as the current theme at the top of Online Store > Themes.
• Your storefront loads with the Laurel layout on desktop and on mobile.
• Your old theme is still in the library, which is your safety net for the first days.

After the install

Two things still need to be done before the store behaves the way the demo does:

1. Install the apps the theme works with. Some storefront features rely on an app that is not part of the theme package.
2. Create the metafields the theme reads, so your products can carry their own extra content.

If something goes wrong

• You cannot find Laurel in the Theme Store. Make sure you are searching the Shopify Theme Store, not the app store. You can also open the theme's listing link directly if you have it.
• The theme is in your library but the store still looks the same. You added and previewed it but did not publish it. Repeat Step 5.
• Some sections look empty in preview. They have no content assigned yet. Open Customize and pick a collection, product, or image for each of them.
• A staff member cannot add the theme. Their account is missing the Themes permission in Settings > Users and permissions.

Related pages

• Theme license : how buying Laurel on the Theme Store works
• Apps : the apps the theme works with
• Recommended apps : what to install first
• Create required metafields : the product data the theme reads
• Logo and favicon : the first branding step after publishing
• Header : the navigation shoppers use on every page
• Update Laurel: how to move to a newer version later
• Intro: the starting point of this documentation