Will AI Pages change my live store?

No. A build adds new files to your theme and stops there, even on your live theme. Customers see nothing until you assign the page, publish it or switch your home page.

The one exception is Replace template. It overwrites a template, and products using it change right away. The app can't undo it, and we only offer it when your template name is already taken. The AI can also get text wrong, so read a page before you put it live.

A connected AI assistant works differently. It can make mistakes, its live changes go in two steps, undo lasts 30 days, and a Plus store's first cart goes live at once. Read Is it safe to connect an AI assistant to my store?

What a build adds

• A new template in your theme. A product page gets a product template. A home page gets a template named ai-home- plus a number. Any other page gets one named ai-page- plus a number, and a hidden page in Shopify.
• New sections in your theme. They also show in your sections list.
• Images in Shopify Files.
• Sometimes one new color scheme, so the new buy box matches your store.
• For an import, a draft product. Customers can't see it until you publish it.

What a build leaves alone

• Your live pages and existing templates.
• Your header and footer.
• Your existing color schemes.

The clicks that change your store

• Assign to a product or Choose products: those products switch to the new page.
• Publish page: the hidden page goes live.
• Use as home page, then Replace home page: the new page replaces your home page. We save your current home page first.
• Publish product: an imported draft goes live on your Online Store.
• Replace template: this one overwrites an existing template. Products using that template show the new page right away. We only ask when your template name is already taken.

If you change your mind

You can undo a product page, a home page and a published page. See the article on undoing a page. Only Replace template has no undo in the app.

Related

• Undo an AI page
• Why is there a new color scheme in my theme?
• Name a template or replace an existing one
• How to use AI Pages
• The AI wrote something wrong on my page

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