Switch your shop's look with another variant or take over your customizations. Both functions create a duplicate — your existing theme stays untouched.
The variants tab shows all 15 ThemeWare® variants. Creating a variant produces a new theme duplicate in the look of the selected variant. Your existing theme of course stays untouched.
Which function do you need?
Create variant — create a fresh variant, quick and clean, without your existing customizations.
Take over configuration — create a variant and bring along your customizations (logos, colours, texts) from an existing theme.
In the Variants tab in the Hub, you can filter the overview by:
Top sellers — the five best-selling variants
Popular — popular variants across all styles
Light — designs with a light, friendly look
Dark — designs with a darker feel
Boxed — designs with a boxed layout
Included — the five variants already bundled
Add-on — the ten variants you can unlock
Optional: pick a filter (e.g. Top sellers, Light, Dark, Boxed) to narrow the list.
Click the desired variant card. The "Create variant as duplicate" modal opens.
Review the selection (source and target).
The new duplicate then appears in your Theme-Manager.
Take over the look and customizations from another installed ThemeWare® variant (Pro or Cloud) into your current theme. Useful for example when moving from the Cloud app to the Pro variant, or when you want to continue with a different variant as your base.
Prerequisite: at least one second ThemeWare® variant (Pro or Cloud) is installed in the shop. Otherwise a notice is shown instead of the selection field.
Step by step:
In the "Take over configuration" section, pick the source from the dropdown. Available are all other ThemeWare® variants (Pro/Cloud) plus their duplicates.
The target is automatically your current theme (shown read-only next to the source).
Click "Take over configuration".
A new duplicate is created under your current theme as parent. The look and customizations of the source (logo, colors, typography, etc.) are preserved.
For details on the available add-on variants, tags and prices, see the Add-ons overview.
Typical scenarios for both functions:
Try out a variant — You want to see how another variant (e.g. Plants) would look with your setup, without altering your existing theme.
Different looks per sales channel — You run multiple sales channels and want to assign each one a different variant.
Fresh start — You want to start over with the factory defaults of a variant, without your previous customizations.
Switch between two Pro plugins — You have e.g. ThemeWare® Plants and Modern installed in parallel and want to continue your Plants configuration under Modern.
Switch from Cloud (app) to Pro (plugin) — You have the cloud app installed, buy the Pro plugin in addition, and want to take over your cloud configuration. The cloud app can then be uninstalled.
Variant no longer offered in the store — Your previous variant is no longer available for purchase. You switch to an active variant and bring your setup along.
Continue with a custom duplicate as base — You have a polished custom duplicate under one variant and want to continue its look under a different variant.
Sales channel assignment The newly created duplicate is not yet assigned to a sales channel. Open the Theme-Manager and assign the theme to your desired sales channel for it to go live in the storefront.
Logos Logos are inherited from your current variant's plugin theme — your own uploaded logos are included. You can swap them in the Theme-Manager after creating.
Background images These variants ship with factory background images: Bath, Bike, Bio, Electric, Exquisite, Fit, Global, Kids, Living, Outdoor, Plants, Strong.
When switching to a variant without a background (e.g. Bike → Modern), the old background image of the source variant initially stays visible — this is a known Shopware limitation that we cannot resolve automatically right now.
You have two easy ways to remove the background image in the new theme:
Hide it (recommended): In the Theme-Manager you'll find a show/hide option next to each background image. Set it to "do not show" — the image disappears immediately without you having to remove the media.
Upload your own: Simply set a different image in the Theme-Manager — this overrides the inherited factory background.
Note: The flyout cards are still in development. We welcome your constructive feedback.
Sales channel assignment The newly created duplicate is not yet assigned to a sales channel. Open the Theme-Manager and assign the theme to your desired sales channel for it to go live in the storefront.
Cloud app as source ThemeWare® Cloud editions (apps) can also serve as a source. Handy when moving from Cloud to Pro: take over the cloud configuration once, then uninstall the cloud app.
Source = duplicate If you select a duplicate as the source, customizations from the underlying plugin or app theme are transferred as well.
Uninstall the source After a successful take-over the source plugin or app is no longer needed for the new theme — you can safely uninstall it.
Want to write into an existing theme instead of creating a new one? The Backup tab is for that: export the configuration from the source, import it into the target theme. It also provides a safety net with mandatory backup before overwriting.