Strattic Full Publish

You can find the Full Publish option in 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.

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	✅	✅	✅
Specified File Paths	✅	✅	✅
Blog Archive	❌	✅	✅
Archives related to new/edited posts (Author, Tag, Category, etc.)	❌	✅	✅
Dynamically updated content (Sitemap, RSS Feed)	❌	✅	✅
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: New or Edited Form on one page (i.e. adding a field)	✅	✅	✅
Supported Forms: New or Edited Form on multiple pages (i.e. adding a field)	❌	❌	✅
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!