Wix Blog: Working with Drafts and Scheduling Posts
Not ready to push publish? No problem. The Save to Draft feature allows you to develop your content securely without publishing right away. When you’re ready, you can publish your draft or schedule your post to go live at a specific time.
These tools help you manage your blog more efficiently, as they allow you to polish your content over time, while also maintaining a consistent posting schedule.
Note:
We recommend that you keep your draft content on one browser tab when working on your computer. Writing across multiple tabs can lead to multiple versions of your draft and content being overwritten.
Creating a draft blog post
Create draft blog posts to work on your content at your own pace before publishing. Whether you’re using your site dashboard or the Wix app, you can save, access, and edit your drafts whenever you need.
Dashboard
Go to Blog in your site's dashboard.
Click +Create New Post.
Add the relevant content.
Click the More Actions icon
and select Save as draft.
Wix app
Go to your site in the Wix app.
Tap Manage
at the bottom.
Tap Blog.
Tap Posts.
Tap +Create New Post or tap a post to edit it.
Write or edit your blog post and tap Next.
Tap Save as draft.
Publishing a draft blog post
When your draft is ready to share, you can publish it directly from your site dashboard or the Wix app. Once you publish your draft post, it is added to your blog where your site visitors can read it.
Dashboard
Go to Posts in your site's dashboard.
Click the Drafts tab at the top.
Click Edit next to the relevant post.
Review the post and make any changes required.
Click Publish.
Wix app
Go to your site in the Wix app.
Tap Manage
at the bottom.
Tap Blog.
Tap Posts.
Tap the Drafts tab.
Tap the draft you want to edit.
Review the post and make any changes required.
Tap Next.
Tap Save and publish.
Scheduling a blog post
Maximize your readership by publishing blog posts at a time when you are likely to get more engagement. With scheduling, you can write blog posts when it's most convenient and set them to go live when you choose.
Dashboard
Go to Blog in your site's dashboard.
Click +Create New Post.
Add in the relevant content.
Click the More Actions icon
and select Schedule Post.
Select the date and time you want to publish your post.
Click Schedule.
Wix app
Go to your site in the Wix app.
Tap Manage
at the bottom.
Tap Blog.
Tap Posts.
Tap +Create New Post or tap a post to edit it.
Write or edit your blog post and tap Next.
Tap Schedule post.
Tap the Publish time drop-down and select a time.
Tap the calendar and select a date.
Tap Done.
FAQs
Click a question below to learn more about working with drafts and scheduling blog posts.
Will my site visitors see my draft posts?
No. Draft posts are only visible to you, they do not appear to your site visitors. This includes any edits you make to a post, which are not visible until you publish your changes.
What happens to my post once it's scheduled?
Scheduled posts appear in the Scheduled tab until they are published. You can cancel a scheduled post or set it to be published at another time from here.
Can I edit a post after I schedule it?
Yes, you can edit a post after you schedule it. Open the scheduled post from your dashboard or the Wix app, make your changes, and save or update as needed. Any edits you make are included when the post is published.
Will I receive a notification when a scheduled post is published?
No. You do not receive a notification when a scheduled post is published. You can check your live blog to see how it looks once it is published.
What happens if I revert a published post to draft?
Reverting a published post to draft and republishing it creates a brand new post. You lose all the views, likes, and comments from the original post, and these can't be recovered. To keep them, edit the post in the post composer instead of reverting it to draft.
Important: This can't be undone. Once you revert a post to draft and republish it, all views, likes, and comments from the original post are lost permanently.