Draft, preview, and publish a theme change

Make theme edits in a draft and publish only after review.

Difficulty Intermediate

Time ~15 min

Tools create_draft_theme, read_file, edit_file, get_preview_url, publish_draft_theme

Prerequisites

The Vibe AI plugin installed on the connected site.

The prompt

Use WPVibe to make this theme change safely: [describe the change].

Create or reuse a draft theme first. Inspect the relevant theme files before editing. Make the smallest changes needed, then give me a preview URL and summarize exactly what changed. Do not publish the draft theme until I explicitly approve it.

Theme edits should happen in a draft. That keeps live visitors on the current theme while you and your AI iterate.

Publish only after reviewing the preview and the AI’s summary of changed files.

Outcome

A draft theme contains the requested change, with a preview URL and a clear publish checkpoint.