Batch Content Publishing

Batch publishing lets you publish several pages or content items in one action, instead of opening and publishing each one. Since March 6, 2026, you can select the items you want and publish them together.

Publish Several Items at Once

In a content list, select the items you want, then use the Publish action at the top of the list. When items are selected, the list's Publish and Unpublish actions apply only to those items. With nothing selected, they apply to the whole list.

You can also select several items and publish them together from the Ready to Publish and Recent Changes reports. See Publish Multiple Pages.

Nested Linked Content Is Published Too

Since September 23, 2026, publishing an item also publishes its nested linked content by default, and a bulk publish from a content list works the same way. When you publish many items at once, saved but unreviewed changes in their nested content can go live with them. Shared linked content is not affected.

To publish only the items you selected, tick Publish this item only in the Publish prompt. A bulk publish from a content list offers the same choice as a single publish. The option only appears when there is nested content to include. For more detail, see Previewing, Publishing, and Content States.

Following Progress

Since March 12, 2026, long-running actions such as batch publishes show their progress while they run in the background, so you can keep working and still see when the task is not finished yet. Wait for it to finish before you check the results.

Approvals and Permissions

Batch publishing doesn't bypass your workflow. Each item is processed with your own permissions, so an item you aren't allowed to publish fails while the others go ahead. When the task finishes, check that every item you expected was published.

If a page or content list requires approval, request approval first and publish once the items are approved. See Approvals and Workflows.

Batch Publishing and Scheduling

Batch publishing publishes the selected items now. To release content, or take it down, at a set date and time, use scheduling. See Scheduling Overview.

Named Batches

Agility can also keep a batch as a named group of pages and content items. The Batches page, under Reports, lists them. Open a batch to see its items, then publish or unpublish the whole batch or only the items you pick. The video below shows this flow in the interface as it was before the 2026 navigation update.

For Developers

Publishing in Agility runs as batches behind the scenes. To publish many items from code, follow a batch's progress, or read item-level errors, see Batches and the Batch API.

Batch publishing can be seen as a way to meaningfully grouping your content, and lets you publish multiple items at the same time with a single action. Items within a batch can still be published individually without impacting the batch itself.

Benefits of Batch Publishing

Batch publishing is a more convenient way than starting each publication process manually. Batching publishes is especially useful when you know you need to update or edit many items at the same time. For example, if a new product catalogue is releasing, you may want to create an item for each product, add them to a batch, and publish several products at the same time with a single click of a button.

What can you Batch?

You can add any Content, Page, or Page Module in the Agility Manager to a batch simply by clicking on Batch as shown in the picture below. Here, you are able to select which batch you want to add the item to.

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Managing your Batches

To manage your Batches, click on Reports in the navigation menu on the left hand side, then choose Batches. From here, simply click on the batch you want to manage. All the items within the batch will appear in a list and  from here you can easily manage the whole batch or items within the batch. You are able to remove items from the batch, publish/unpublish the whole batch or pick out the items you wish to publish/unpublish.

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