Page settings

Customize per-page options like the URL slug, featured image, and SEO description.

Last updated January 17, 2025

Use page settings to edit a page's title, URL, featured image, and other options. This reference guide walks you through the universal settings available on any page and advanced features for specific page types and templates.

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For a general overview of the Pages panel, visit The Pages panel. To add a new page, visit Adding pages to your navigation. To move pages, visit Moving pages around your navigation.

Open page settings

How you open page settings depends on if you're editing your site on a computer or in the Squarespace app.

To open a page's settings:

  1. Open the Pages panel.
  2. Hover over a page title, then click the gear icon next to the title.
The gear icon appears when you hover over a page title in the Pages panel.
  1. Make any changes to the settings in the General, SEO, Social, Media, and Advanced tabs. Blog pages also include a Feeds tab. To learn more about each setting, review the tables below.
  2. Click Save to publish your changes.

To open a page's settings:

  1. Tap More, then tap Pages.
  2. Tap the page.
  3. Tap ... or the gear icon , then tap Page Settings or Settings.
  4. After making changes, tap Save.

Currently, only some page settings are available in the app. Log into your site on a computer to edit these areas:

  • SEO settings, like the page's SEO description and title
  • Social settings, like the alternate social sharing image
  • Blog page feeds
  • Code injection
  • Video banners and some template-specific settings for sites on version 7.0

Edit settings

Review these tables to learn more about the options in each page settings tab. Keep in mind, not all options appear for every page.

General

Use the General tab for basic page management, like enabling or disabling the page, setting a navigation title, or hiding the page behind a password.

Setting Description and next steps
Delete Page

Delete the page from your site. Deleted pages are kept in the trash can for 30 days.

This option won't appear in the settings of your homepage. Set a new homepage first, then delete the page. To learn more, visit Deleting a page.

Duplicate Page

Duplicate the page as a starting point for new content. Available for layout pages. To learn more, visit Duplicating pages and content.

Enable Page

Disable the page to hide it from visitors and search engines, or enable it to make it visible to all. To learn more, visit Enabling and disabling pages.

Navigation Title

The name of the page as it displays in your site's navigation menus and within the Pages panel. To learn more, visit Editing page titles.

Page Description (version 7.0 only) This description text displays on-page in some templates in version 7.0.
Page Title

This title displays on-page in some templates in version 7.0. They also may display on store pages in version 7.1, or in browser tabs on both versions.

Password

Add a lock screen to the page so only visitors with the password can access it. Delete the password to make the page publicly accessible. To learn more, visit Using page passwords.

Posts Per Page (blog pages only)

Set the number of posts displayed (1-20) on your blog landing page.

Not available for the Farro template family. For templates in the Farro and Skye families, learn about infinite scroll.

Set As Homepage

Set the page to be the first thing visitors see when they visit your site. This option won't appear in the settings of your homepage or disabled pages. To learn more, visit Setting a homepage.

Top Category Name (store pages and videos pages on version 7.1 only)

Give a name to the top-level category for all items in your store page or videos page. The default name is All.

To display the top category in category navigation on a videos page, switch the Filter Visibility toggle on.

To learn more, visit Organizing products and Organizing videos pages.

URL Slug

The URL slug for the page. For example, if the slug is /about, the page's full URL is https://yourdomain.com/about

To learn more, visit URL slugs.

Navigation (version 7.1 only)

Use the Navigation tab to hide the header or footer on an individual page. This tab is only available for layout pages on version 7.1. Collection pages, such as blog, store, portfolio, and events pages don't have this option. 

Setting Description and next steps
Show Header / Show Footer Switching the toggle off removes the header or footer from the page. This can help draw attention to certain information or a call to action, or to create a landing or cover page.

SEO

Use the SEO tab to manage how search engines interact with the page.

Setting Description and next steps
Hide Page from Search Results

This option hides the page from search engines, while leaving it public and available for visitors to access.

Hiding a collection page also hides its collection items. For example, adding it to a blog page also hides the blog's posts. On version 7.0, index page sub-pages need to be hidden individually.

Search Results Preview

A preview of how the page might look in search engine results.

SEO Description

The text that may appear below a page title/link in search engine results (depending on what visitors are searching for) and in social shares. Also called a page meta description. To learn more, visit Adding site and page descriptions for SEO.

Not available on homepages, which use the SEO site description instead.

SEO Title

SEO titles appear in browser address bars and search engine results, and may appear in social shares. To learn more, visit Editing page titles.

Not available for homepages. If added previously, it may appear in the title format.

Social Image

Use the Social Image tab to manage what content appears to represent the page when it's shared to social media.

Setting Description and next steps
Alternate Social Sharing Image

An image that displays when someone shares this page on social media. If you don't add a social sharing image, the social sharing logo displays instead.

To learn more, visit Adding social sharing images.

Social Preview

A preview of how the page might look when shared on social media.

Media (version 7.0 only)

Use the Media tab to create a banner on the page. This tab is only available for pages on version 7.0. On version 7.1, add background images to page sections to create banners.

Setting Description and next steps
Featured Image / Video (version 7.0 only)

On version 7.0, add a featured image to create a banner image (some templates) or represent the page in an index (some templates).

On some version 7.0 templates, click the Video tab to add a video banner. To learn more, visit Adding a background video.

Feeds

Use the Feeds tab to manage podcasting and RSS settings for your blog. This tab is only available for blog pages.

Setting Description and next steps
Apple News Connect your blog to your Apple News channel. To learn more, visit Publishing to Apple News with Squarespace.
Podcasting

Set up a blog page for publishing and syndicating a podcast. To learn more, visit Setting up a blog to host your podcast.

Replace Feed

Add a third-party version of your RSS URL, such as one from FeedBurner. To use the RSS URL automatically generated by Squarespace, leave this field blank.

To learn more about RSS and Squarespace, visit Using RSS feeds.

Advanced

Use the Advanced tab for code modifications and other page-specific customizations.

Setting Description and next steps
Manage Categories (some collection pages only)

Bulk-update and manage categories that organize items on the page. To learn more, visit Categories and tags.

Manage Tags (some collection pages only)

Bulk-update and manage tags and categories that organize items on the page. To learn more, visit Categories and tags.

Page Header Code Injection

Add custom code to the header for the page. To learn more, visit Using code injection.

Post Blog Item Code Injection (blog pages only)

Add code that appears between blog posts' content and footers (or above the post content in some templates). To learn more, visit Using code injection.

Quick View (store pages on version 7.1 and some templates on version 7.0 only)

Add a quick view button to products that appears on hover and displays a pop-up with key information when clicked.

Template-specific advanced settings in version 7.0

Certain template families in version 7.0 have additional advanced settings.

Setting Description and next steps
Enable Related Items (blog pages on Skye and Farro template families)

Choose to display related posts at the bottom of each blog post. To learn more, visit Adding related post links.

Page Layout (Five template) Use this to display sidebars on any page.
Post Display (blog pages on Brine, Tremont, and York template families)

Enable or disable blog post excerpts by selecting either Excerpt or Full from the Post Display drop-down menu. To learn more, visit Using blog excerpts.

Collection item settings

On collection pages, like blog pages or store pages, individual items have their own settings. To open an item's settings:

  1. Open the Pages panel.
  2. Click a collection page with the item you want to edit.
  3. Follow the steps below for the corresponding item type.

  • Blog posts - Hover over the post in the side panel and click ..., then click Settings
  • Course lesson pages - Hover over the post in the side panel and click ..., then click Edit Lesson
  • Events - Hover over the event in the side panel and click ..., then click Settings
  • Portfolio sub-pages - Hover over the sub-page in the side panel and click ..., then click Settings
  • Products - Double-click the product in the side panel
  • Video details page - Hover over the video in the side panel and click ..., then click Edit Video
  • Album tracks - Click the track in the side panel
  • Blog posts - Hover over the blog post and click Edit
  • Events - Hover over the event in the side panel and click ..., then click Settings
  • Gallery images and videos - Hover over the image or video in the side panel and click the gear icon
  • Products - Double-click the product in the side panel
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