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> For a complete documentation index, see https://docs.wickedcms.com/publish-an-item/llms.txt.
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# Publish an item

Click **Publish** in the item detail sheet to make the current item (and its saved changes) live on your Webflow site.

## Publish an item

#### Open and edit the item

Make your changes and click **Save** if needed. See [Open and edit an item](/open-and-edit-item) and [Save changes](/save-changes).

#### Click Publish

In the item sheet sidebar, click **Publish**. While publishing, the button shows **Publishing...**.

#### Choose locale scope (multi-locale sites)

If the site has multiple locales, a dialog asks **Publish item in which locales?** Choose **Current locale only** or **All locales**.

#### Confirm reference warnings if shown

If draft references are detected, you may see **Publish with draft references?** Confirm to proceed or cancel to fix references first.

## Site must be published first

If the Webflow site has never been published, the **Publish** button is disabled. Hover to see the tooltip:

> Publish site to enable item publishing

Publish the site in Webflow at least once before you can publish individual CMS items from Wicked CMS.

## Publish vs. save vs. queue

| Action                          | Effect                                                                                                   |
| ------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Save**                        | Saves changes as draft; site content unchanged                                                           |
| **Publish**                     | Makes changes live immediately                                                                           |
| **Queue for next site publish** | Schedules changes for the next site-wide publish. See [Queue for site publish](/queue-for-site-publish). |

## Multi-locale publishing

On multi-locale sites, choose:

* **Current locale only:** publish the item in the locale you are viewing
* **All locales:** publish the item in every locale on the site

See [Locale-scoped actions](/locale-scoped-actions) for more on locale scope dialogs.

## After publishing

The item status updates to **Published** and publish state shows **Live**. Changed-field highlights are cleared for published values. You can click **Preview** in the item sheet sidebar to open the live page in a new tab.

## Bulk publish

To publish multiple items at once, use [Update multiple items](/bulk-actions) and choose **Publish**.

## Related guides

#### [Queue for site publish](/queue-for-site-publish)

Schedule publishing with the next site deploy.

#### [Understand item status](/understand-item-status)

Learn what status badges mean after publishing.

> Make CMS item changes live on your site