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What Does It Mean to Publish a Wix Site?

Last updated on October 1, 2022 @ 6:21 am

When you “publish” your Wix site, you make it available to the public. This means that anyone who types in your site’s address will be able to see it.

Publishing is a one-time event – once you click “Publish,” your site will be live and available to the world. You can unpublish your site at any time, which will take it offline until you publish it again.

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Before you can publish your site, you need to choose a domain.

This is the address people will type in to find your site (like www.example.com). You can buy a domain from Wix, or use one that you already own.

When you’re ready to make your site live, just click “Publish” from the left-hand menu. Your site will go live immediately – congrats!

PRO TIP: When you publish your Wix site, it means that your site is live on the internet for everyone to see. This is a permanent action, so make sure that you are ready for your site to go public before you hit the publish button.


If you ever need to take your site down for maintenance or make changes, you can unpublish it by clicking “Unpublish” from the left-hand menu.

So what does it mean to publish a Wix site? It means making your site available to the public so that anyone who types in your domain name will be able to see it.

It’s a one-time event – once you click “publish,” your site will be live until you unpublish it (which you can do at any time). Before you can publish, though, you need to choose a domain name (like www. You can buy one from Wix or use one that you already own.

When you’re ready to make your site live, just click “Publish” from the left-hand menu and voila! Your site is now available for the world to see. If you ever need to take your site down for maintenance or make changes, simply click “Unpublish” from the left-hand menu.

Madison Geldart

Madison Geldart

Cloud infrastructure engineer and tech mess solver.