I am working on updating our current website and would like to build a new theme without disturbing the current site. How should I go about doing this? Can I just add the theme and then not make it active until I’m ready?
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There are a couple of options.
One: there are plugins that will let just certain logged-in users see the site in a different theme. You could use one of these and enable the new theme for yourself until you’re ready to make the switch.
Two: copy your site onto a staging site and experiment there. The biggest potential downside is that if the theme has any settings, you’ll have to go make those on the live site when you’re ready to make the switch. However, if your theme has a lot of settings, this may be your only option – you’ll have to look at the plugins and see whether they allow you to configure multiple themes.
