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# Understand item status

Every CMS item in Wicked CMS shows a **Status** badge in the items table and in the item detail sheet. Status reflects where the item is in its publish lifecycle.

## Status values

| Status                        | Meaning                                                           |
| ----------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Published**                 | The item is live on the site with no pending draft changes        |
| **Changes in Draft**          | The item is live, but you have unsaved or unpublished draft edits |
| **Changes Queued to Publish** | Live item with draft changes queued for the next site publish     |
| **Item Queued to Publish**    | New or fully draft item queued for the next site publish          |
| **Queued to be Archived**     | Item is queued to be archived on the next site publish            |
| **Archived**                  | Item is archived and not active                                   |
| **Not published**             | Item has never been published                                     |

## Publish state

Separate from status, **Publish State** shows:

* **Live:** the current published version is active on the site
* **Draft:** the item exists but is not live

An item can be **Live** with **Changes in Draft** status when you have saved edits that are not yet published.

## How status changes

```mermaid
flowchart LR
  create[Create item] --> draft[Not published / Draft]
  draft --> save[Save changes]
  save --> changesDraft[Changes in Draft]
  changesDraft --> publish[Publish]
  publish --> published[Published]
  published --> edit[Edit and save]
  edit --> changesDraft
  published --> queue[Queue for site publish]
  queue --> queued[Changes Queued / Item Queued]
  published --> archive[Archive]
  archive --> archived[Archived]
```

## Queue-related statuses

When you [queue an item for site publish](/queue-for-site-publish) instead of publishing immediately:

* **Item Queued to Publish:** a draft item waiting for the next site-wide publish
* **Changes Queued to Publish:** a live item with draft changes waiting for the next site-wide publish
* **Queued to be Archived:** an item scheduled to archive on the next site publish

Queued items go live (or archive) when the Webflow site itself is published.

## Filter by status

Use [Filter items](/filter-items) to filter the items table by **Status**, **Publish State**, **Draft**, or **Archive**. To combine those with other conditions, use an [Advanced filter](/advanced-filter).

## Related guides

#### [Publish an item](/publish-an-item)

Make changes live immediately.

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

Schedule changes for the next site publish.

> What Published, Draft, Queued, and Archived mean