Notion Sites: Publish Pages to the Web

Notion Sites turns any Notion page into a live website - docs, portfolios, landing pages, or public templates - without a separate CMS. Publish from Share → Publish, share the link, and edits sync automatically.

This guide covers how to publish a Notion Site, search indexing, paid customization, embeds, and common pitfalls. See Notion's publishing documentation for official details.

What are Notion Sites?

Notion Sites is Notion's web-publishing product. With it you can:

• Publish an unlimited number of pages to the web
• Claim one notion.site domain
• Turn on search engine indexing

Paid plans unlock extra site customization: SEO title/description editing, themes, Google Analytics, and the option to buy a custom domain add-on (Notion Help).

These are different settings. Publishing a Site is not the same as setting general access to Anyone on the web with the link.

How to publish a Notion Site

1. Open the page you want live.
2. Click Share at the top.
3. Open the Publish tab.
4. Select Publish.
5. Click View site to open the live URL.

Content updates on the Notion page appear on the Site automatically.

Important: publishing a page also publishes its subpages by default. Review nested pages before you go live (Notion Help).

Enterprise workspace owners can disable Sites (and related public publishing) under Settings → Security.

Site settings after publish

Open Share → Publish on the published page to:

• Copy the live link
• Customize the slug (paid) - pathname after your domain; letters, numbers, hyphens; up to 60 characters; home pages cannot have slugs; deleted slugs cannot be reused
• Open Site customization - header, navigation, favicon, share preview, themes (paid features vary)
• Search engine indexing → toggle Discoverable on the web
• On paid plans, edit link title and description for SEO
• Duplicate as template - let visitors copy the page into their workspace
• Embed this page - copy embed code for non-Notion sites
• All published sites - manage everything in one place

Indexing can take up to four weeks before the Site appears in search results.

Embed Notion content elsewhere

On a published page:

1. Click Embed this page.
2. Optionally toggle Show page title.
3. Copy this code into your website HTML or a code block in a site builder.

You can embed published forms, charts, databases, and more (Notion Help).

Practical workflows

Public docs / help center

1. Parent page with nested articles.
2. Publish the parent; use Site navigation links between pages.
3. Enable Discoverable on the web on paid plans with custom title/description.
4. Keep drafts as unpublished siblings outside the public tree.

Portfolio or personal site

1. One home page with projects in a Gallery database.
2. Publish home; visitors can open database pages and switch views.
3. Design social share images in Canva (blog banners / OG) and set the share preview.

Template landing page

1. Build the template page.
2. Publish → toggle Duplicate as template.
3. Share the Site link (or list on Gumroad / Marketplace carefully - Marketplace has special rules for existing Site links).

Works with Sparxno Notion templates.

Client-facing one-pager

1. Proposal or status page with limited subpages.
2. Publish; share the Site URL (not the internal workspace URL).
3. Unpublish when the engagement ends; also remove Anyone with the link if it was enabled.

SEO and privacy tips

• Use the Publish link - workspace URLs are not the public Site.
• Turn on Discoverable only when you want Google traffic.
• Edit title/description on paid plans - free indexing uses less control over meta.
• Audit subpages - secrets in nested pages go public with the parent.
• Metadata note: public pages can expose contributor names, photos, and emails in page metadata (Notion Help).
• No password protection on Sites today - use private invites for sensitive docs.

Unpublish safely

1. Share → Publish → Unpublish.
2. Also check general access: if Anyone on the web with the link is on, remove it so the page is not still link-accessible outside Sites.

FAQ

How do I publish a Notion page as a website?

Share → Publish → Publish. See Notion Sites help.

Do Notion Sites support custom domains?

Yes, as a paid add-on for connecting your own domain. You can also claim a notion.site domain.

Are published subpages public too?

Yes by default. Restrict subpage permissions if they should stay private.

Conclusion

Notion Sites is the fastest path from a Notion page to a public URL - publish from Share, review subpages, enable indexing when ready, and customize SEO on paid plans. Pair public galleries with Gallery view and share-preview graphics from Canva blog banners.

For sharing templates inside Notion (not Sites), see sharing a Notion template.