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## Resource: Wix Blog Collections

## Article: Wix Blog Collections

## Article Link: https://dev.wix.com/docs/api-reference/business-solutions/cms/collection-management/wix-app-collections/wix-blog-collections.md

## Article Content:

# Wix Blog Collections

This article explains the fixed permissions and field structure for the following Wix Blog collections:

- [Categories](#categories)
- [Posts](#posts)
- [Tags](#tags)

> **Note:** These collections are system collections, so you can't change their permissions in the CMS.

<blockquote class="tip">

**Tip:**
Before continuing, make sure you've read [Working with Wix App Collections](https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites/articles/databases/wix-data/collections/working-with-wix-app-collections-and-code.md).

</blockquote>

## Categories

This section explains the permissions and fields available in the Categories collection.

To use the Categories collection in code, refer to it as `Blog/Categories`.

::::tabs
:::REST_TAB
```
curl -X POST \
  'https://www.wixapis.com/wix-data/v2/items/query' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: <AUTH>' \
  -d '{
    "dataCollectionId": "Blog/Categories",
    "query": {}
  }'
```
:::
:::SDK_TAB
```js
import { items } from "@wix/data";

items.query("Blog/Categories")
  .find()
  .then((results) => {
    // handle the results
  });
```
:::
::::

### Permissions

The Categories collection has the following [permissions](https://support.wix.com/en/article/cms-collection-permissions-overview):

- `read`: `ANYONE`
- `create`: None
- `update`: None
- `remove`: None

### Fields

This section describes each field in this collection and its properties.

Each field heading shows the field name followed by the field ID in parentheses, in the format "fieldName (`fieldId`)".

#### ID (`_id`)

**Description:** The ID of the blog category. This is a system field and is hidden by default.

**Type:** Text

**Can connect to data:** Yes

**Can use in dynamic page URL:** No

**Sortable:** Yes

**Filter Support:** `eq`, `ne`

**Read-only:** Yes

#### Label (`label`)

**Description:** The name of the category as it appears in the Blog menu.

**Type:** Text

**Can connect to data:** Yes

**Can use in dynamic page URL:** Yes

**Sortable:** Yes

**Filter Support:** `eq`, `ne`, `contains`, `startsWith`, `hasSome`

**Read-only:** Yes

#### Post Count (`postCount`)

**Description:** The number of posts in the category.

**Type:** Number

**Can connect to data:** Yes

**Can use in dynamic page URL:** No

**Sortable:** Yes

**Filter Support:** `eq`, `ne`, `lt`, `lte`, `gt`, `gte`

**Read-only:** Yes

#### Posts (`posts`)

**Description:** A list of posts in this category, referenced from the [Blog/Posts](#posts) collection.

**Type:** Multiple-item reference

**Can connect to data:** No

**Can use in dynamic page URL:** No

**Sortable:** No

**Filter Support:** Yes

**Read-only:** Yes

#### Language (`language`)

**Description:** The category language.

**Type:** Language

**Can connect to data:** No

**Can use in dynamic page URL:** No

**Sortable:** No

**Filter Support:** Yes

**Read-only:** Yes

#### Translation ID (`translationId`)

**Description:** ID of the category's translations.

**Type:** Text

**Can connect to data:** Yes

**Can use in dynamic page URL:** No

**Sortable:** No

**Filter Support:** Yes

**Read-only:** Yes

#### Category Page Slug (`categoryPageSlug`)

**Description:** The slug of the category page on your published site.

**Type:** URL

**Can connect to data:** Yes

**Can use in dynamic page URL:** No

**Sortable:** No

**Filter Support:** No

**Read-only:** Yes

#### Category Page URL (`categoryPageUrl`)

**Description:** The URL of the category page on your published site.

**Type:** URL

**Can connect to data:** Yes

**Can use in dynamic page URL:** No

**Sortable:** No

**Filter Support:** No

**Read-only:** Yes

#### Cover Image (`coverImage`)

**Description:** Category cover image.

**Type:** Image

**Can connect to data:** No

**Can use in dynamic page URL:** No

**Sortable:** No

**Filter Support:** No

**Read-only:** Yes

#### Description (`description`)

**Description:** Category description.

**Type:** Text

**Can connect to data:** Yes

**Can use in dynamic page URL:** No

**Sortable:** No

**Filter Support:** No

**Read-only:** Yes

#### Slug (`slug`)

**Description:** Slug of the category to retrieve.

**Type:** Text

**Can connect to data:** Yes

**Can use in dynamic page URL:** Yes

**Sortable:** No

**Filter Support:** No

**Read-only:** Yes

## Posts

This section explains the permissions and fields available in the Posts collection.

To use the Posts collection in code, refer to it as `Blog/Posts`.

::::tabs
:::REST_TAB
```
curl -X POST \
  'https://www.wixapis.com/wix-data/v2/items/query' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: <AUTH>' \
  -d '{
    "dataCollectionId": "Blog/Posts",
    "query": {}
  }'
```
:::
:::SDK_TAB
```js
import { items } from "@wix/data";

items.query("Blog/Posts")
  .find()
  .then((results) => {
    // handle the results
  });
```
:::
::::

### Permissions

The Posts collection has the following [permissions](https://support.wix.com/en/article/cms-collection-permissions-overview):

- `read`: `ANYONE`
- `create`: None
- `update`: None
- `remove`: None

### Fields

This section describes each field in this collection and its properties.

Each field heading shows the field name followed by the field ID in parentheses, in the format "fieldName (`fieldId`)".

#### 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

**Sortable:** Yes

**Filter Support:** `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

**Sortable:** Yes

**Filter Support:** `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

**Sortable:** Yes

**Filter Support:** `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

**Sortable:** No

**Filter Support:** No

**Read-only:** Yes

#### Categories (`categories`)

**Description:** The categories assigned to the post, referenced from the [Blog/Categories](#categories) collection.

**Type:** Multiple-item reference

**Can connect to data:** No

**Can use in dynamic page URL:** No

**Sortable:** No

**Filter Support:** `hasAll`, `hasSome`, `contains`

**Read-only:** Yes

#### Main Category (`mainCategory`)

**Description:**

**Type:** Reference

**Can connect to data:** No

**Can use in dynamic page URL:** No

**Sortable:** No

**Filter Support:** 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

**Sortable:** No

**Filter Support:** No

**Read-only:** Yes

#### Rich Content (`richContent`)

**Description:**

**Type:** Rich Content

**Can connect to data:** No

**Can use in dynamic page URL:** No

**Sortable:** No

**Filter Support:** 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

**Sortable:** No

**Filter Support:** 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

**Sortable:** No

**Filter Support:** `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

**Sortable:** Yes

**Filter Support:** `eq`, `ne`, `lt`, `lte`, `gt`, `gte`

**Read-only:** Yes

> **Note:** `viewCount` 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](https://support.wix.com/en/article/site-performance-caching-pages-to-optimize-loading-speed#enabling-and-disabling-caching-on-site-pages) for any page that uses `viewCount` 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

**Sortable:** Yes

**Filter Support:** `eq`, `ne`, `lt`, `lte`, `gt`, `gte`

**Read-only:** Yes

> **Note:** `likeCount` 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](https://support.wix.com/en/article/site-performance-caching-pages-to-optimize-loading-speed#enabling-and-disabling-caching-on-site-pages) for any page that uses `likeCount` 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

**Sortable:** Yes

**Filter Support:** `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

**Sortable:** No

**Filter Support:** `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

**Sortable:** No

**Filter Support:** `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

**Sortable:** Yes

**Filter Support:** `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

**Sortable:** No

**Filter Support:** `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

**Sortable:** No

**Filter Support:** No

**Read-only:** Yes

#### Language (`language`)

**Description:**

**Type:** Language

**Can connect to data:** No

**Can use in dynamic page URL:** No

**Sortable:** No

**Filter Support:** Yes

**Read-only:** Yes

#### Translation ID (`translationId`)

**Description:**

**Type:** Text

**Can connect to data:** Yes

**Can use in dynamic page URL:** No

**Sortable:** No

**Filter Support:** 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

**Sortable:** No

**Filter Support:** No

**Read-only:** Yes

#### Related Posts (`relatedPosts`)

**Description:**

**Type:** Multi-Reference

**Can connect to data:** No

**Can use in dynamic page URL:** No

**Sortable:** No

**Filter Support:** No

**Read-only:** Yes

#### Tags (`tags`)

**Description:**

**Type:** Multi-Reference

**Can connect to data:** No

**Can use in dynamic page URL:** No

**Sortable:** No

**Filter Support:** Yes

**Read-only:** Yes

#### Author (`author`)

**Description:**

**Type:** Reference

**Can connect to data:** No

**Can use in dynamic page URL:** No

**Sortable:** No

**Filter Support:** Yes

**Read-only:** Yes

#### Slug (`slug`)

**Description:**

**Type:** Text

**Can connect to data:** Yes

**Can use in dynamic page URL:** Yes

**Sortable:** No

**Filter Support:** No

**Read-only:** Yes

#### PaidPlans (`paidPlans`)

**Description:**

**Type:** Multi-Reference

**Can connect to data:**

**Can use in dynamic page URL:** No

**Sortable:** No

**Filter Support:** Yes

**Read-only:** Yes

## Tags

This section explains the permissions and fields available in the Tags collection.

To use the Tags collection in code, refer to it as `Blog/Tags`.

::::tabs
:::REST_TAB
```
curl -X POST \
  'https://www.wixapis.com/wix-data/v2/items/query' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: <AUTH>' \
  -d '{
    "dataCollectionId": "Blog/Tags",
    "query": {}
  }'
```
:::
:::SDK_TAB
```js
import { items } from "@wix/data";

items.query("Blog/Tags")
  .find()
  .then((results) => {
    // handle the results
  });
```
:::
::::

### Permissions

The Tags collection has the following [permissions](https://support.wix.com/en/article/cms-collection-permissions-overview):

- `read`: `ANYONE`
- `create`: None
- `update`: None
- `remove`: None

### Fields

This section describes each field in this collection and its properties.

Each field heading shows the field name followed by the field ID in parentheses, in the format "fieldName (`fieldId`)".

#### ID (`_id`)

**Description:** The ID of the blog tag. This is a system field and is hidden by default.

**Type:** Text

**Can connect to data:** Yes

**Can use in dynamic page URL:** No

**Sortable:** Yes

**Filter Support:** `eq`, `ne`

**Read-only:** Yes

#### Label (`label`)

**Description:** The name of the tag as it appears in the Blog menu. 

**Type:** Text 

**Can connect to data:** Yes 

**Can use in dynamic page URL:** Yes

**Sortable:** Yes

**Filter Support:** `eq`, `ne`, `contains`, `startsWith`, `hasSome` 

**Read-only:** Yes

#### Post Count (`postCount`)

**Description:** The number of posts with the tag.

**Type:** Number

**Can connect to data:** Yes

**Can use in dynamic page URL:** No

**Sortable:** Yes

**Filter Support:** `eq`, `ne`, `lt`, `lte`, `gt`, `gte`

**Read-only:** Yes

#### Posts (`posts`)

**Description:** A list of posts with this tag, referenced from the [Blog/Posts](#posts) collection.

**Type:** Multiple-item reference

**Can connect to data:** No

**Can use in dynamic page URL:** No

**Sortable:** No

**Filter Support:** Yes

**Read-only:** Yes

#### Tag Page URL (`tagPageUrl`)

**Description:** The URL of the tag page on your published site.

**Type:** URL

**Can connect to data:** Yes

**Can use in dynamic page URL:** No

**Sortable:** No

**Filter Support:** No

**Read-only:** Yes

#### Slug (`slug`)

**Description:** Slug of the tag to retrieve.

**Type:** Text

**Can connect to data:** Yes

**Can use in dynamic page URL:** Yes

**Sortable:** No

**Filter Support:** No

**Read-only:** Yes