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(December 15, 2024)
The Post Page in Wix Blog now has site plugin slots.
(November 20, 2024)
This video provides an introduction to service plugin extensions.
(November 13, 2024)
Blocks added a new flow to test your app on a site, or create a premium test site. This flow is helpful for testing the app's panels, as well as the APIs and collections of Wix business solution apps.
(October 30, 2024)
Wix's seasonal App Market sale is now open for registration. Sign up to include your app plans in the sale running from November 11 - December 4, 2024.
(October 14, 2024)
The Table Reservations Page in Wix Restaurants now has dashboard plugin slots.
(October 10, 2024)
You can now create site plugin extensions using the Wix CLI.
Site plugin extensions in the CLI allow you to create interactive and feature-rich components that seamlessly integrate into Wix’s business solutions, such as Wix Stores and Wix Bookings, extending their functionality and user experience.
(October 10, 2024)
You can now create self-hosted site plugin extensions using a custom element.
Self-hosted site plugin extensions allow you to create interactive and feature-rich components that seamlessly integrate into Wix’s business solutions, such as Wix Stores and Wix Bookings, extending their functionality and user experience.
(October 9, 2024)
The following dashboard pages in Wix Blog now have dashboard plugin slots.
(October 9, 2024)
You can now elevate REST API call permissions with self-hosting.
(October 7, 2024)
Connect panel elements, such as sliders, toggles and more, to widget API properties with no code. This means that when Wix users change the element in the panel, it will change the value of the API property.
(September 30, 2024)
You can now right-click on any container in Blocks, convert it to a multi-state box and add various states to it.
(September 30, 2024)
You can now create backend Service Plugin extensions using the Wix CLI.
Backend Service Plugin extensions in the CLI allow you to inject custom logic into existing app flows or to introduce entirely new flows to Wix sites.
(September 15, 2024)
You can now use the SDK to elevate API call permissions when you need to make occasional calls with Wix app authentication. You can make elevated calls when working with the CLI or in self-hosted apps.
(September 5, 2024)
The Inventory Page in Wix Stores now has dashboard plugin slots.
(August 28, 2024)
The Orders Page now has dashboard plugin slots.
(August 19, 2024)
The new Chart Widget app template allows you to integrate customizable chart widgets into your Wix sites using the Wix CLI, offering flexible data visualization through modifiable data sources, text, and color schemes.
(August 1, 2024)
You can now choose from a selection of dozens of designed widgets for various usecases in Blocks.
(July 30, 2024)
When you create design presets for Blocks widgets, you now get a new action-button in your widget’s action bar that connects to an improved panel with an indication of the preset in use.
(June 30, 2024)
Site plugins are widgets that integrate into Wix’s business solutions, extending their functionality and user experience. Blocks users now have a quick and easy way to create, design and develop site plugins.
(June 30, 2024)
The following dashboard pages now have dashboard plugin slots.
Wix Bookings:
Wix CRM:
Wix eCommerce:
Wix Events:
Wix Stores:
(June 2024)
We have overhauled our documentation to enhance the app-building process:
(June 2024)
You can now create backend API extensions using the Wix CLI.
Backend API extensions in the CLI allow you to define HTTP functions that can be called from your frontend code.
(June 27, 2024)
You can now create backend event extensions using the Wix CLI.
Backend event extensions allow you to respond to events triggered when specific conditions on your app or a user’s site are met.
(June 27, 2024)
You can now get free access to the Cookiebot for Wix by Usercentrics CMP app to identify any app components that load before obtaining consent.
(June 20, 2024)
You can now create a site widget extension using the Wix CLI.
Learn more about site widget extensions.
(June 19, 2024)
This tutorial demonstrates how to use the Wix CLI to build a Locations app on the Wix Platform.
(June 3, 2024)
The following app site pages now have plugin slots.
Wix Bookings:
Wix eCommerce:
Wix Events:
Wix Stores:
(May 29, 2024)
(May 29, 2024)
(May 19, 2024)
The dashboard menu plugin extension allows you to add an item into a pre-configured slot in the menu of a dashboard page. With menu plugins, you can direct users to a different dashboard page or you can open a dashboard modal on the page.
Dashboard menu plugin extensions can be implemented:
(May 16, 2024)
The dashboard plugin extension allows you to place an interactive widget into a pre-configured slot on a dashboard page.
Dashboard plugin extensions can be implemented using:
(May 16, 2024)
Create a site widget extension using custom element technology, with your code deployed on your own server. The custom element is essentially a new HTML tag that you define, which is made available in the Wix editors as a widget.
(May 16, 2024)
This tutorial explains how to create a React app similar to our Custom Products Catalog template where users can add or remove products from a Wix Stores products catalog through a dashboard page.
(May 12, 2024)
The Wix Design System now includes an advanced component library called Patterns. Components in the Patterns library provide ready-to-use solutions for common design patterns and are specifically designed to meet typical use cases in both app design and functionality.
(May 9, 2024)
Dashboard modals are graphical user interfaces (GUIs) that appear as pop-up windows in the center of dashboard pages. The dashboard modal extension allows you to import a modal, built and hosted externally, onto a dashboard page.
Dashboard modal extensions can be implemented using:
(May 5, 2024)
This tutorial demonstrates how to create a dashboard page that displays a site’s most liked and most viewed blog posts.
(May 2, 2024)
With site page extensions, you can add a full page to a user's site. The page can appear in the site's main navigation menu and behaves just like any other page. Learn how to add a site page extension.
(April 21, 2024)
With schema plugins, you can extend an object with additional fields. This allows you to store extra data that the object doesn’t otherwise support. These additional fields can be read and written using the object's regular endpoints.
(April 21, 2024)
The dashboard page extension allows you to add your own dashboard page with some administrative functionality to a Wix site.
Dashboard page extensions can be implemented using:
(April 18, 2024)
You can now set your apps to authenticate Wix API calls using the basic OAuth protocol. For apps that require redirecting users outside Wix during installation, we recommend using advanced OAuth.
(April 16, 2024)
The Wix CLI simplifies setup, testing, and deployment for embedded script extensions. To learn more about embedded scripts, see About Embedded Scripts.
(April 7, 2024)
Site Popup: This CLI app template, powered by the Wix Dashboard SDK and Embedded Script, makes it easy to design popups for lead generation, announcements, user feedback, and more, directly from a dashboard page.
Mixpanel Analytics: This CLI app template showcases Mixpanel integration, utilizing the Wix Dashboard SDK and Embedded Script to embed Mixpanel's tracking code directly onto your site. Helpful for developers looking to build applications focused on data-driven decision-making, user behavior analysis, or enhancing user experience.
Custom Products Catalog: This Wix CLI template demonstrates the use of the Wix Stores API to add or remove products. It is an excellent starting point if you plan on using Wix APIs to manage a site’s business data. Equipped with the React SDK and the Dashboard React SDK, you can apply any of the methods found across our Wix APIs and easily manage them in a Dashboard page pre-built following the Wix Design System.
(March 28, 2024)
This tutorial demonstrates how to create the Digital Sale Banner site plugin for the Wix Stores product page.
(March 20, 2024)
This tutorial demonstrates how to create the Next Booking Availability site plugin for the Wix Bookings Service page.
(March 18, 2024)
Pre-installed automations let you combine triggers and actions into a single automation, and include it as part of your app. When users install your app on their site, your automation is included as part of the app.
(March 2, 2024)