Publishing and unpublishing an initiative

Last updated: October 20, 2026

A new initiative starts unpublished. Publishing is what makes it visible and accessible for its members.

Only organization admins and initiative owners can publish or unpublish. Editors cannot.

Publishing

Publish from the initiative's settings. Its content becomes visible to its members immediately.

Before you publish, it's worth confirming:

The initiative has an owner
Its members are correct — see Adding members from organization groups
The content you want surfaced is set as featured

Showing an initiative to members only once content is available

When you publish, you can choose whether members see the initiative straight away or only once there's live content for them.

The "Only show this initiative once content is available to a member" toggle controls this. It is off by default, so a published initiative is visible to its members even before any content is live for them. Turn it on to add members ahead of launch without them seeing the initiative until there's live content visible to them — useful for setting things up quietly before a launch.

You'll find this toggle in the same Publishing section of the initiative's settings, just below the Publish Initiative button.

Unpublishing

Unpublishing reverses the gate. Member-facing content becomes hidden again and drops back out of counters and statistics.

Nothing is deleted. Unpublishing is not the same as deleting an initiative, which is irreversible.

Your organization's default initiative (usually General) can't be unpublished. See The General initiative.