Build Apps Release Notes

We're always adding new features and tutorials to the Build Apps documentation, and we want you to have one place to find all of our latest additions.

We love hearing your feedback! You can help us improve the docs by reporting any issues that you notice. You can report bugs and other feedback through the following link found at the bottom of each section.

New Release: Dashboard Plugin Extensions

Dashboard extensions are back-office services that can help users manage their business or websites more effectively. They allow your app to extend the functionality of the Wix Dashboard with customizable features, such as a page or a plugin. View dashboard extensions in the Extensions tab of your app in the Wix Dev Center.

Wix Bookings:

Wix CRM:

Wix Events:

Wix Stores:

(June 2024)

Build Apps Portal Rewrite

We have overhauled our documentation to enhance the app-building process:

  • Restructured navigation menu for faster and easier access.
  • New quick starts, tutorials, and app templates to jumpstart coding.
  • Upgraded content to help you master new skills.

(June 2024)

New Feature: Backend API Extensions with the Wix CLI

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)

New Feature: Backend Event Extensions with the Wix CLI

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)

New Feature: Check for pre-consent loading with the Cookiebot for Wix app

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)

New Feature: Custom Elements for Site Widget Extensions with the Wix CLI

You can now create a site widget extension using the Wix CLI.

Learn more about site widget extensions.

(June 19, 2024)

New Tutorial: Build a Locations App Using the Wix CLI

This tutorial demonstrates how to use the Wix CLI to build a Locations app on the Wix Platform.

(June 3, 2024)

New Articles: Wix Business Solutions: Bookings

(May 29, 2024)

New Feature: New Dashboard Page Slots in Wix Bookings

  • The bookings list page has 2 new slots for dashboard menu plugins:
    • List page bulk actions menu plugin slot
    • List page booking items menu plugin slot
  • The bookings services page has 3 new slots for dashboard plugins:
    • Services page plugin slot
    • Main more actions menu slot
    • Service more actions menu slot
  • The bookings edit staff profile page has a new slot for dashboard plugins:
    • Edit staff profile page plugin slot
  • The bookings staff page has 3 new slots for dashboard plugins:
    • Staff page plugin slot
    • Main more actions menu slot
    • Staff more actions menu slot

(May 19, 2024)

New Feature: Dashboard Menu Plugin Extension

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)

New Feature: Dashboard Plugin Extension

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)

New Feature: Custom Elements for Site Widget Extensions

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)

New Tutorial: Create a Custom Products Catalog App with the CLI

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)

New Feature: Wix Patterns in Wix Design System

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)

New Feature: Dashboard Modal Extension

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)

New Tutorial: Creating a “Top Blog Posts” Dashboard Page Using the Wix CLI

This tutorial demonstrates how to create a dashboard page that displays a site’s most liked and most viewed blog posts.

(May 2, 2024)

New Feature: Site Page Extensions

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)

New Feature: Schema Plugin Extensions

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)

New Feature: Dashboard Page Extension

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)

New Feature: Basic OAuth

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)

New Feature: Embedded Script Extension with the CLI

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)

New Wix CLI Templates

  • 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)

New Tutorial: Create a Site Plugin for the Wix Stores Product Page with Blocks

This tutorial demonstrates how to create the Digital Sale Banner site plugin for the Wix Stores product page.

(March 20, 2024)

New Tutorial: Create a Site Plugin for the Wix Bookings Service Page with Blocks

This tutorial demonstrates how to create the Next Booking Availability site plugin for the Wix Bookings Service page.

(March 18, 2024)

New Feature: Pre-Installed Automations

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)

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