Using the Squarespace blog
How the Squarespace blog works, how to set it up, and how to manage posts, categories, and author profiles.
Squarespace has a built-in blog tool that lets you publish articles, news updates, or any recurring content. This guide explains how the blog is set up and how to manage it day to day.
Quick summary
Your blog is a special page type in Squarespace. Each post is an entry. You manage posts through the Blog page in your Pages panel. You can organize posts with categories and tags, schedule them, and control who can see them.
How the blog is structured
In Squarespace, a blog is a page of type Blog. When visitors go to that page, they see a list of your blog posts. Each post is its own piece of content that lives under that blog page.
Your blog page might be called "Blog," "News," "Journal," "Insights," or something else — whatever was set up when the site was built.
Accessing the blog
Log in and go to your dashboard.
Click Pages in the left panel.
Find your blog page — it will have a blog icon (usually two overlapping pages) next to its name.
Click the blog page name to open the blog management view.
In the blog management view you'll see a list of all your posts. You can see their status (published, draft, scheduled), their date, and their categories.
Understanding post status
| Status | What it means |
|---|---|
| Published | Live and visible to all visitors |
| Draft | Saved but not yet live — only you can see it |
| Scheduled | Set to go live automatically at a future date and time |
Blog categories and tags
Categories are broad groupings (for example: "News," "Tips," "Case Studies"). Use them to help visitors browse related posts.
Tags are more specific keywords. They can overlap across categories.
Both categories and tags can be filtered and searched by visitors, and they help with SEO by creating organized topic pages.
Author profiles
If multiple people contribute to your blog, each can have their own author profile. Go to your blog settings to manage author display options. Author photos and bios add credibility and personality to your blog.
Blog settings
Click the gear icon next to your blog page name to access settings:
- Post URL format — how individual post URLs are structured
- Enable/disable comments — choose whether readers can comment
- Default author — the author shown if none is specified on a post
- RSS feed — the automatic feed that other services can subscribe to
Changing post URL format
If you change the post URL format after posts are published, their URLs will change. This breaks existing links to those posts and can affect SEO. Contact Chykalophia before changing this setting on a live site.
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