About the Blog APIs

The Blog APIs allow users to create and manage blogs. Wix users can create and manage posts, draft posts, categories and tags on their blog page. Site collaborators can also create and manage blogs, given the appropriate roles and permissions.

With the Blog APIs, you can:

  • Create and manage posts and draft posts.
  • Assign categories to posts and draft posts, as well as update and remove them.
  • Add tags to posts and draft posts, as well as remove them.

Learn more about Wix Blog.

Before you begin

It’s important to note the following before starting to code:

Sample use cases

Blog roles

Collaborators can create and manage blogs based on certain roles:

  • Blog editor: Can fully manage a blog, but not other areas of a site.
  • Blog writer: Can create and publish their own posts on a blog.
  • Guest writer: Can create posts, but can't publish them.
  • Managed writer: Can't create posts, but a Wix user can attribute posts to them.

For more information, see Blog roles and their associated permissions.

Terminology

  • Post: A published article on a blog. It is also referred to as a publication. A blog can have up to 100,000 posts.
  • Draft Post: An article written by a Wix user, blog editor, blog writer, or a guest writer that is not yet published.
  • Category: A grouping of similar and related posts. A post can be assigned to a maximum of 10 categories.
  • Tag: A way to further sort and organize blog posts. Tags provide the ability to filter a blog's articles.
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