Create a new item | Wicked CMS

Create new CMS items directly in Wicked CMS without opening the Webflow Designer.

Create an item

Select a collection

Choose the collection where you want to add an item from the sidebar.

Click New item

In the collection header, click New followed by the collection’s singular name — for example, New Blog Post for a Blog Posts collection.

Choose locale scope (multi-locale sites)

A dialog titled Create item in which locales? appears. Choose Current locale only or All locales.

Fill in fields

The item detail sheet opens in create mode. Enter values for the required and optional fields.

Save or publish

Click Save to create the item as a draft, Publish to make it live immediately, or use Queue for next site publish to schedule it. See Save changes and Publish an item.

Locale scope when creating

On multi-locale sites, the create dialog explains:

Choose whether to create this item only in the current locale, or in every locale on this site. You can not add an item to other locale later.

You cannot add an item to additional locales after creation. Choose All locales at create time if you need the item in every locale from the start.

See Locale-scoped actions.

Create mode actions

In create mode, the item sheet sidebar shows the Save and Publish buttons, plus a ⋮ menu:

Save — create the item as a draft
Publish — create and publish live (if the site has been published)
Queue for next site publish — in the ⋮ menu; creates and queues for the next site publish

The rest of the ⋮ actions (duplicate, archive, delete, and so on) are not available until the item is created.

Slug field

If your collection has a slug field, Wicked CMS auto-formats slug input as you type. When duplicating, slugs are auto-resolved for uniqueness — see Duplicate an item.

Next step

Learn to copy existing items with Duplicate an item.