Publish to your preview
Your changes go to a second address, yourname-staging.fastsites.app, that is separate from your real site.
Hosting · Staging
See the next version before everyone else.
Staging is a separate preview of your site where you can check a change before it reaches your live address.
At a glance
The short version
- A private preview address
- Going live is its own step
- On Standard, Premium and DIY Pro
- A backup is saved before publish
How it works
Check the next version before anyone sees it.
Your changes go to a preview first. Nothing on your real site changes until you choose to go live.
Look around
Click through it on your phone and your computer.
Go live
Going live is its own deliberate step. Until you take it, nothing on your real site changes.
Why it matters
Most broken sites are an ordinary edit that looked fine in the editor and wrong once published. A preview catches that before anyone sees it.
On plans without staging, you publish straight to your live site. Unless you switch it off, a backup of the live site is saved first, and you can restore it from your Backups.
By plan
Staging preview on each plan
| Hosting care | Mini | Standard | Premium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staging preview | Not included | Not included | Included | Included |
DIY Pro also includes a staging preview. See pricing for current plan prices.
Questions
People also ask
Can I check changes before they go live?
Yes, on Standard, Premium and DIY Pro, which include a private staging preview. On other plans you publish straight to your live site, after a backup is saved.
Let’s keep it simple
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