Velo: Wix Blog "Posts" Collection Fields
Note: Before continuing, make sure you've read Working with Wix App Collections.
To use the Posts collection in code, refer to it as "Blog/Posts"
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1wixData.query("Blog/Posts")2 .find()3 .then( (results) => {4 // handle the results5 } );
This document describes the permissions and fields in your Posts collection.
Permissions
The Posts collection has the following permissions:
- Read: Anyone
- Create: None
- Update: None
- Delete: None
You cannot change the Posts collection permissions.
Fields
The field name is listed as the heading of each section, with the field ID listed in parentheses, like this: Name (name). The fields appear in this document in the order in which they appear in your collection by default.
ID (_id)
Description: The ID of the post. This is a system field and is hidden by default.
Type: Text
Can connect to data: Yes
Can use in dynamic page URL: No
Can be sorted: Yes
Can be filtered: eq, ne
Read-only: Yes
Title (title)
Description: The title of the post.
Type: Text
Can connect to data: Yes
Can use in dynamic page URL: Yes
Can be sorted: Yes
Can be filtered: eq, ne, contains, startsWith, hasSome
Read-only: Yes
Published Date (publishedDate)
Description: The date the post was originally published.
Type: Date
Can connect to data: Yes
Can use in dynamic page URL: No
Can be sorted: Yes
Can be filtered: eq, ne, lt, lte, gt, gte
Read-only: Yes
Cover Image (coverImage)
Description: The cover image of the post.
Type: Image
Can connect to data: No
Can use in dynamic page URL: No
Can be sorted: No
Can be filtered: No
Read-only: Yes
Categories (categories)
Description: The categories assigned to the post, referenced from the Blog/Categories collection.
Type: Multiple-item reference
Can connect to data: No
Can use in dynamic page URL: No
Can be sorted: No
Can be filtered: hasAll, hasSome, contains
Read-only: Yes
Main Category (mainCategory)
Description:
Type: Reference
Can connect to data: No
Can use in dynamic page URL: No
Can be sorted: No
Can be filtered: Yes
Read-only: Yes
Plain Content (plainContent)
Description: The text of the post without any formatting.
Type: Text
Can connect to data: Yes
Can use in dynamic page URL: No
Can be sorted: No
Can be filtered: No
Read-only: Yes
Rich Content (richContent)
Description:
Type: Rich Content
Can connect to data: No
Can use in dynamic page URL: No
Can be sorted: No
Can be filtered: No
Read-only: Yes
Excerpt (excerpt)
Description: A few lines of text that appear in the blog feed. Defined in Post Settings or default of first 160 characters of the post.
Type: Text
Can connect to data: Yes
Can use in dynamic page URL: No
Can be sorted: No
Can be filtered: No
Read-only: Yes
Hashtags (hashtags)
Description: List of all hashtags in the post.
Type: Tags
Can connect to data: Yes
Can use in dynamic page URL: No
Can be sorted: No
Can be filtered: hasAll, hasSome
Read-only: Yes
View Count (viewCount)
Description: The number of times the post was viewed.
Type: Number
Can connect to data: Yes
Can use in dynamic page URL: No
Can be sorted: Yes
Can be filtered: eq, ne, lt, lte, gt, gte
Read-only: Yes
Note View Count data used on your site pages may require up to 24 hours to update. To make sure new post views are included on your site in real time, disable caching for any page that uses View Count data. Note that disabling caching may increase your page loading time.
Like Count (likeCount)
Description: The number of likes the post received (from members only).
Type: Number
Can connect to data: Yes
Can use in dynamic page URL: No
Can be sorted: Yes
Can be filtered: eq, ne, lt, lte, gt, gte
Read-only: Yes
Note Like Count data used on your site pages may require up to 24 hours to update. To make sure new post likes are included on your site in real time, disable caching for any page that uses Like Count data. Note that disabling caching may increase your page loading time.
Comment Count (commentCount)
Description: The number of comments the post received (from members only).
Type: Number
Can connect to data: Yes
Can use in dynamic page URL: No
Can be sorted: Yes
Can be filtered: eq, ne, lt, lte, gt, gte
Read-only: Yes
Featured (featured)
Description: Indicates whether the post is set as featured in the post settings.
Type: Boolean
Can connect to data: Yes
Can use in dynamic page URL: No
Can be sorted: No
Can be filtered: eq, ne
Read-only: Yes
Pinned (pinned)
Description: Indicates whether the post was pinned to the top of the page in the live site.
Type: Boolean
Can connect to data: Yes
Can use in dynamic page URL: No
Can be sorted: No
Can be filtered: eq, ne
Read-only: Yes
Last Published Date (lastPublishedDate)
Description: The most recent publish date of the post.
Type: Date
Can connect to data: Yes
Can use in dynamic page URL: No
Can be sorted: Yes
Can be filtered: eq, ne, lt, lte, gt, gte
Read-only: Yes
Cover Image Displayed (coverImageDisplayed)
Description: Indicates whether the cover image is displayed in the feed. If false, the cover image is displayed only when you share the post on social media.
Type: Boolean
Can connect to data: Yes
Can use in dynamic page URL: No
Can be sorted: No
Can be filtered: eq, ne
Read-only: Yes
Post Page URL (postPageURL)
Description: The relative URL of the post page on your published site.
Type: URL
Can connect to data: Yes
Can use in dynamic page URL: No
Can be sorted: No
Can be filtered: No
Read-only: Yes
Language (language)
Description:
Type: Language
Can connect to data: No
Can use in dynamic page URL: No
Can be sorted: No
Can be filtered: Yes
Read-only: Yes
Translation ID (translationId)
Description:
Type: Text
Can connect to data: Yes
Can use in dynamic page URL: No
Can be sorted: No
Can be filtered: Yes
Read-only: Yes
Time to Read (timeToRead)
Description: Estimated time in minutes required to read the post.
Type: Number
Can connect to data: Yes
Can use in dynamic page URL: No
Can be sorted: No
Can be filtered: No
Read-only: Yes
Related Posts (relatedPosts)
Description:
Type: Multi-Reference
Can connect to data: No
Can use in dynamic page URL: No
Can be sorted: No
Can be filtered: No
Read-only: Yes
Tags (tags)
Description:
Type: Multi-Reference
Can connect to data: No
Can use in dynamic page URL: No
Can be sorted: No
Can be filtered: Yes
Read-only: Yes
Author (author)
Description:
Type: Reference
Can connect to data: No
Can use in dynamic page URL: No
Can be sorted: No
Can be filtered: Yes
Read-only: Yes
Slug (slug)
Description:
Type: Text
Can connect to data: Yes
Can use in dynamic page URL: Yes
Can be sorted: No
Can be filtered: No
Read-only: Yes
PaidPlans (paidPlans)
Description:
Type: Multi-Reference
Can connect to data:
Can use in dynamic page URL: No
Can be sorted: No
Can be filtered: Yes
Read-only: Yes