Webflow does not currently support publishing individual pages; it always publishes the entire site when changes are made. However, there are workarounds to manage content updates with minimal risk to the live site.
1. How Publishing Works in Webflow
- Webflow always publishes the full site, which includes all pages and CMS content.
- This applies whether you're using the Webflow subdomain (e.g., yoursite.webflow.io) or your custom domain.
2. Safe Ways to Manage Page-Specific Updates
- Use the Webflow Staging Domain: Preview page changes by publishing only to the Webflow.io subdomain before publishing to your live domain.
- Make edits in the Designer.
- Click Publish and choose only the staging domain.
- Review the changes at yoursite.webflow.io/pagename.
- Duplicate the page before making major edits:
- Clone the page inside the Webflow Designer.
- Make changes on the duplicate and preview them.
- When ready, move the updated sections to the live page and publish.
- Use visibility-based components with conditions if content needs to be toggled manually.
3. For CMS Projects
- CMS item updates can be published individually:
- Edit a CMS item.
- Click Save and then Publish the item.
- This publishes only that item, not the entire site.
- However, any change in CMS templates or structure will trigger a full site publish.
4. Use Backups Strategically
- If you're concerned about publishing site-wide changes:
- Create a backup before publishing.
- Go to Project Settings > Backups to restore the site if needed.
Summary
Webflow does not allow publishing individual static pages; any site change requires publishing the entire project. To manage page-specific updates safely, use the staging domain for previews, duplicate pages for testing, or limit changes to CMS items which can be published individually.