Organize and publish

Find articles with search and filters

As your help center grows, the Articles page helps you find any article in seconds. Search by words, narrow the list by status, category or author, and save the views you use every day.

Who can do this: Owners, Admins, Editors and Translators · Plans: All plans

Find an article

  1. Click Articles in the left menu.

  2. Type in the Search titles and content… box. The list updates as you type, and Sort by switches to Best match.

  3. Click a status tab, such as Published, to narrow the list.

  4. To keep this combination for later, click Save view.

Screen recording. Search titles and content. Narrow the list with the status tabs. Click Save view to keep these filters one tap away.
Saved views sit above the list, one click away.

Search also finds text in staged changes that aren't published yet, on help centers that use staged changes.

Status tabs

Tab

Shows

All

Every article.

Published

Articles that are live on your help center.

Drafts

Articles that have never been published.

Unpublished

Articles that were live and have been taken down.

In review

Articles flagged for review, or past their scheduled review date.

Private

Articles whose access is Private or Anyone with the link.

Each tab shows how many articles it holds.

Narrow the list

  • By category: click a category in the Categories panel. Any category clears it.

  • By author: open All authors and pick a teammate.

  • By type: choose Articles or FAQs. This switch appears once your help center has FAQs.

  • By language: on a help center with more than one language, pick a language from the language menu to work on its translations. Then show Translated or Missing articles, and look for rows marked Not translated or Outdated.

  • By staged changes: on help centers that use staged changes, choose Has staged changes or No staged changes. You can also filter by change set.

Every filter you use shows as a chip next to Filtered by. Click the × on a chip to remove that filter, or Clear all to start over. When filters hide some articles, a note says how many.

Sort the list

Use Sort by to order the list by Last modified, Alphabetical, Most viewed or Most comments. Custom order lets you drag articles into place inside a category. See Change the order of articles and categories.

Views

The views above the list give you common lists in one click: All articles, Needs review, Drafts, Pending changes (articles with staged changes) and Most viewed.

Save view saves your current search, tab, category, author and sort as a view of your own, named after what it filters. To remove a saved view, click the × next to its name.

Your saved views, and the filters you used last, are kept in this browser. Teammates don't see them, and they don't follow you to another computer.

Long lists

More articles load as you scroll down. You can also click Load more at the bottom of the list.

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