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Managing CMS collections

CMS: Controlling Live Site Item Visibility from Your Collection

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Enabling the collection setting to control item visibility
Changing item statuses to 'Visible' or 'Hidden'
Scheduling changes to item visibility
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You can hide items from appearing on your live site directly from your collection. Go to your collection settings to enable the Control item visibility toggle. Then control the status of individual items by setting them to 'Visible' or 'Hidden'. You can also choose the default status of newly added items and schedule automatic changes to their statuses.

Enabling the collection setting to control item visibility

To set items as visible, hidden, or to schedule a change, go to your collection settings and enable the Control item visibility toggle. Then choose whether new items should be set as visible or hidden by default.

After enabling this feature, your collection includes a new Status field. In that field, you can set the status of each item in the collection and schedule future changes to the statuses.

Dashboard

Wix Editor

Studio Editor

Go to CMS in your site's dashboard.
Click the relevant collection.
Click More Actions at the top and select Collection settings.
Enable the Control item visibility toggle.
Choose the default status for new items:
- Visible: New collection items can be visible on your live site if the elements are properly connected to a dataset.
- Hidden: New collection items are hidden from your live site as they cannot be read by datasets.
Click Save.

A screenshot of enabling the Control Item Visibility collection settings.

Changing item statuses to 'Visible' or 'Hidden'

In your collection, click the Status field to change it to 'Visible' or 'Hidden' for the relevant items:

Visible items: Can appear on your live site as long as the elements are properly connected to a dataset that binds to your collection.
Hidden items: Cannot be read by datasets so they cannot appear on your live site.

Dashboard

Wix Editor

Studio Editor

Wix app

Go to CMS in your site's dashboard.
Click the relevant collection.
Click the Status field for the relevant item.
Select the relevant status:
- Visible: Allow the item to be visible on the live site.
- Hidden: Hide the item from appearing on the live site.

A screenshot of changing an item's visibility status.

Scheduling changes to item visibility

You can schedule an item to be visible or hidden at a date and time of your choice.

Dashboard

Wix Editor

Studio Editor

Wix app

Go to CMS in your site's dashboard.
Click the relevant collection.
Click the Status field for the relevant item.
Click Schedule.
Select the date and time in which the item's status will change. The date and time is based on the time zone set for your site.
Click the relevant option: Schedule 'Hidden' or Schedule 'Visible'