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Publish products

Put product changes live on their own, see what is live straight away, and how products travel with versions.

  • 2 minute read
  • 2 interactive walkthroughs
  • For everyone publishing a shop

Products publish on their own#

New and changed products, categories, attributes and file types wait in the draft until you publish them. Publish products, at the top of the products area, lists what is waiting, each marked Added, Changed or Removed, and puts it all live without touching the pages, the design or the settings.

When nothing is waiting the button says Products are up to date. It appears once the website itself has been published, for people who can publish.

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ProductsStockCategoriesAttributes and filesCollectionsStorefrontPublish products3
3 product changes waitingPublishing these does not change any pages, the design or the settings.Product: Product AChangedCategory: CandlesAddedProduct: Product FRemovedVersion historyCancelPublish products

Step 1 of 5

Publish products

At the top of the products area, with a count of what is waiting.

Reduced motion is on, so the walkthrough waits for you. Use the arrows or pick a step.

  1. 1Open Products and choose Publish products.
  2. 2Read the list of what is waiting.
  3. 3Choose Publish products in the list to put them live.

What is live straight away#

Some changes never wait, because buyers need them to be right at once. They reach the website as soon as they are saved.

ChangeVisitors see it
Prices, was prices and offersAs soon as it is saved
Stock and sold outAs soon as it is saved
Options and variantsAs soon as it is saved
Collections and their pagesAs soon as it is saved
Products, categories, attributes and file typesWhen you publish products
Storefront settingsWhen you publish the website

Products in the Publish dialog#

Publishing the website shows everything waiting in two groups: Website, with each page and the design and site settings, and Products. Untick anything that should wait. Product changes go together, so the Products group is ticked or unticked as one.

Publish everything sends it all; Publish selected sends only what is ticked. A note for the version history says what changed.

Website editor

Publish your changes

Choose what goes live. Anything you leave out stays in the draft for later.

5 changes waiting, 4 ticked.

Website 3HomeChangedAbout /aboutAddedDesign and site settings Header changed.ChangedProducts 2Product: Product AChangedCategory: CandlesAddedProduct changes are published together.

Products can also be published on their own from the products area, without touching the pages.

Note for the version historyNew candles category
Not yetPublish everythingPublish selected (4)

Step 1 of 6

What is waiting

Every change since the last publish, counted.

Reduced motion is on, so the walkthrough waits for you. Use the arrows or pick a step.

Version history and products#

Make live on an earlier version in Version history puts its pages, design and settings back in front of visitors and keeps the products as they are now.

Restore is different: it brings an earlier version back into the editor, its products included, and the website does not change until you publish.

Good to know: Each version records which products were live when it was made, so the history stays complete.

Common questions

I changed a price. Do I need to publish?

No. Prices, offers and stock are live as soon as the product is saved.

Why can I not see Publish products?

The website needs to be published first, and you need permission to publish. Before the first publish, use Publish in the editor.

Does publishing the website publish the products too?

Publish everything does. To keep product changes back, untick the Products group and choose Publish selected.

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