Update Split
Update Split: how to check your Split version and install the latest release from the Shopify Theme Store without losing your settings.
Applies to: Split 5.1.0 and later. Added in: Split 1.0.0. Last checked: 2026-10-13 against Split 5.1.0.
Update Split from your theme library to get the newest version. Your theme settings, sections and content carry over to the new version.
Where to find it: Shopify admin → Online Store → Themes.
Theme updates are controlled by Shopify, not by Split. Shopify decides how an update is offered and what is carried over. The general steps for every Krown theme are in Update your Shopify theme.
Which version do I have?
- Your theme library in Shopify admin → Online Store → Themes shows the version number on each Split theme card, for example Split 5.1.0.
- When a newer version exists, Shopify shows an update notification on the theme card.
- The newest version is Split 5.1.0, released 2026-09-24. See What's new in Split.
Before you start
- Split must be installed from the Shopify Theme Store. Shopify offers updates only for themes installed from the Theme Store, not for uploaded theme files.
- Keep a list of any code edits you or a developer made to the theme files.
- Plan time to review the new version before you publish it.
Installing the latest version
Open the update notification
Open Shopify admin → Online Store → Themes. On your Split theme card, select the update notification. Read the release notes there or in What's new in Split.
Add the new version as a draft
Select Add to draft themes. Shopify adds an updated copy of your theme to the theme library. Your live store does not change yet.
Review the updated copy
Open the updated copy in the theme editor and check your main pages: home page, a product page, a collection page, the cart drawer or cart page, and any page that uses an alternate template.
Publish the updated copy
When the copy looks right, select Publish on it in Shopify admin → Online Store → Themes. Your store now runs the new Split version.
What the update keeps
Shopify carries these over to the updated copy:
- Theme settings, such as colors, fonts, product card and cart settings.
- Sections and blocks you added, removed, reordered or hid, with their settings and content, including the Header, Footer and Overlay groups.
- Templates you created, for example extra product or page templates.
- App embeds and app blocks.
- Wording you changed with Edit default theme content.
A setting that a new Split version renames or removes does not come back under the old name. What's new in Split lists those changes.
What happens to my code changes?
Shopify tries to copy code edits to the new version. They are kept only when they do not conflict with the update, and the theme card tells you whether the edits were included. When they were not, copy them into the new version yourself, or ask the developer who made them.
Krown support does not move custom code between versions. See Custom work and code changes. An app such as Theme Updater Plus can carry code edits over for the theme versions it supports.
Code edits to section or block schemas, for example a raised block limit, can make an update fail. Keep custom styling in the Custom CSS of a section in the theme editor where possible. See Custom CSS and code.
Related pages
- What's new in Split: what changed in each release.
- Custom work and code changes: what happens to code edits.
- Update your Shopify theme: the general steps for every Krown theme.
Image size recommendations
Image size recommendations for Split: the sizes that crop least in split-screen and full width sections, slideshows, product and blog images.
Split video guides
Split video guides: the theme setup walkthrough on YouTube and the Google Maps API key video, with what each covers and the matching pages.