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Managing your posts

Wix Blog: Unpublishing and Deleting Blog Posts

Wix Blog offers the tools you need to manage your posts effectively. Whether you want to temporarily hide a post, or remove it completely, you have the option to:

  • Unpublish a blog post: temporarily removing it from your live blog while keeping it saved.

  • Delete a blog post: to move it to the trash, where you can restore it later if needed.

  • Permanently delete a blog post: to fully delete it from your account without recovery options.

Unpublishing a blog post

Unpublishing a blog post removes it from your site while keeping the content saved for future updates. For example, you can unpublish an announcement or update an old article without losing your work until it’s ready to go live again.

Dashboard

Wix app

  1. Go to Blog in your site's dashboard.

  2. Click the More actions icon  next to the relevant post.

  3. Click Revert to draft.

  4. Click Revert to Draft to confirm.

A screenshot showing the option to revert a post to draft.

Deleting a blog post

Send a blog post to the trash to temporarily remove it from your site. Posts in the trash can be restored at any time, so you don’t lose your content if you change your mind.

Dashboard

Wix app

  1. Go to Posts in your site's dashboard.

  2. Click the More actions icon next to the relevant post.

  3. Click Move to trash.

  4. Click Move to Trash to confirm.

A screenshot showing the option to move a post to trash.

Permanently deleting a blog post

Permanently deleting a blog post removes it entirely from your site and trash, with no way to recover it. Only choose this option if you’re certain you won’t need the post again.

Dashboard

Wix app

  1. Go to Posts in your site's dashboard.

  2. Click Trash.

  3. Click the Delete icon next to the relevant post.

  4. Click Delete to confirm.

A screenshot showing the option to delete a post from the trash tab.

FAQs

Click a question below to learn more about unpublishing and deleting blog posts.

What happens when I unpublish a blog post?

Unpublishing a blog post reverts it to draft, which means it no longer appears on your blog or in your search results and site visitors cannot view it.

Can I republish a post later?

Yes. You can republish the post at any time by selecting it from your Drafts tab and choosing the option to publish it again.

To publish a draft:

  1. Go to Blog in your site's dashboard.

  2. Click the Posts tab in the panel on the left.

  3. Click the Drafts tab.

  4. Click the More actions icon  next to the relevant post.

  5. Click Publish post.

  6. Click Publish.

Can I restore a post from Trash?

Yes. You can restore a post in Trash to draft.

To restore a post to draft:

  1. Go to Posts in your site's dashboard.

  2. Click Trash.

  3. Click Restore next to the relevant post.

What happens to the views and comments on a blog post when I unpublish it?

When you unpublish a post, the views, likes and comments associated with the post are no longer accessible.

Can I delete posts from my live site?

Yes. You can delete posts from your live site (while logged in as admin) or while in preview mode. Posts deleted this way are permanently deleted.

To delete posts from your live site:

  1. Log in to your live site using the email address associated with your Wix account.

  2. Go to your blog.

  3. Click the More actions icon  next to the relevant post.

  4. Click Move to Trash.

  5. Click Move to Trash to confirm.

A screenshot showing the option to move a post to trash from the live site.

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