You can find the Full Publish option in the following four places:
1. From the Strattic dropdown menu in the WordPress admin toolbar:
From the admin toolbar in WordPress, you can select which Environment you wish to Publish to (Strattic Preview or Live Environment) and then click the Full Publish option

2. From the side panel in the WordPress Block Editor:

3. From the Admin bar side menu: Strattic > Publish:
Select the Environment tab you wish to Publish to (Live Environment or Preview Environment)
Then click the blue "Publish to ..." button under the Quick Publish heading.

4. If you are using Elementor, you can publish from the Elementor page editor

A Full Publish will publish every one of the posts and pages on your site, including media.
Best to use Full Publish for:
After migrating a site
Site-wide changes
Changes to your header or footer
Changes to your navigation menu
Changes to your sidebar
Changes to your theme
Switching themes
Changing plugin settings
Changing site settings
Adding/deleting plugins
Adding, editing or removing files via FTP
When not to use Full Publish:
When updating content on one URL. Consider using Selective Publish instead
When updating a post or page. Consider using Quick Publish instead.
How does Full Publish compare to other publishes?
There are three publishing options, Selective Publish, Quick Publish, and Full Publish. The table below shows what will be published when using each of these options.
Knowing your best publishing option will allow you to publish as quickly as possible.
Selective | Quick | Full | |
New Posts | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
Edit existing posts | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
New or edited Pages | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Deleting/Trash a page or post | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
Specified File Paths | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Blog Archive | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
Archives related to new/edited posts (Author, Tag, Category, etc.) | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
Dynamically updated content (Sitemap, RSS Feed) | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
Redirections | ❌ | ✅ | |
New or edited Elementor Templates | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
Switching Theme | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
Theme Changes | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
Site-Wide Elements (i.e. Header, Menu, Footer, Widgets) | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
Adding/Deleting Plugin | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
Changing Plugin Settings | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
Changing Site Settings | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
Supported Forms: changing form settings (i.e. notifications) | No publish required | No publish required | No publish required |
Supported Forms: | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Supported Forms: | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
Site Migration | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
Adding, editing or removing files via FTP | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
What's next:
How To Speed Up the Publish Process
Speed up publishing by removing non-essential types of content from getting published.
Quick Publish
Perfect for publishing new or updated content - learn when is best to use a quick publish.
Selective Publish
Selective publish allows you to update individual posts or pages on your site! Perfect for fixing typos or updating content quickly!
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