---
title: theme publish
description: >-
  Publishes an unpublished theme from your theme library.


  If no theme ID is specified, then you're prompted to select the theme that you
  want to publish from the list of themes in your store.


  You can run this command only in a directory that matches the [default Shopify
  theme folder structure](/docs/themes/tools/cli#directory-structure).


  If you want to publish your local theme, then you need to run `shopify theme
  push` first. You're asked to confirm that you want to publish the specified
  theme. You can skip this confirmation using the `--force` flag.
api_name: shopify-cli
source_url:
  html: 'https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shopify-cli/theme/theme-publish'
  md: 'https://shopify.dev/docs/api/shopify-cli/theme/theme-publish.md'
---

# theme publishcommand

Publishes an unpublished theme from your theme library.

If no theme ID is specified, then you're prompted to select the theme that you want to publish from the list of themes in your store.

You can run this command only in a directory that matches the [default Shopify theme folder structure](https://shopify.dev/docs/themes/tools/cli#directory-structure).

If you want to publish your local theme, then you need to run `shopify theme push` first. You're asked to confirm that you want to publish the specified theme. You can skip this confirmation using the `--force` flag.

## Flags

The following flags are available for the `theme publish` command:

* \--no-color

  env: SHOPIFY\_FLAG\_NO\_COLOR

  Disable color output.

* \--password \<value>

  string

  env: SHOPIFY\_CLI\_THEME\_TOKEN

  Password generated from the Theme Access app.

* \--path \<value>

  string

  env: SHOPIFY\_FLAG\_PATH

  The path where you want to run the command. Defaults to the current working directory.

* \--verbose

  env: SHOPIFY\_FLAG\_VERBOSE

  Increase the verbosity of the output.

* -e, --environment \<value>

  string

  env: SHOPIFY\_FLAG\_ENVIRONMENT

  The environment to apply to the current command.

* -f, --force

  env: SHOPIFY\_FLAG\_FORCE

  Skip confirmation.

* -s, --store \<value>

  string

  env: SHOPIFY\_FLAG\_STORE

  Store URL. It can be the store prefix (example) or the full myshopify.com URL (example.myshopify.com, <https://example.myshopify.com>).

* -t, --theme \<value>

  string

  env: SHOPIFY\_FLAG\_THEME\_ID

  Theme ID or name of the remote theme.

### Examples

* #### theme publish

  ##### theme publish

  ```bash
  shopify theme publish [flags]
  ```