How publishing works

A new invitation always starts as a draft. You can view and edit it freely, but a guest who taps the link will not see the contents yet.

Publishing is the step that switches the public link on. After it, anyone with the link can open the card, including someone the link was forwarded to.

The Publish button is at the top of the editor, next to Share. One tap and the invitation is public straight away.

If you cannot see it, scroll back to the top of the page. On a phone the button row sits just under the invitation name.

Once published, tap Share to copy the public link, then open that link in a private browsing tab, or ask a friend to open it.

That shows you exactly what a guest sees. If the link opens normally, the card really is public and there is nothing else to do.

There is no unpublish or pause switch at the moment. After you publish, anyone with the link can open the card, so it is worth picking the right moment before you send the link out.

The upside is that a published card is still fully editable. Every change is saved right away and guests see the latest version the next time they open the link, and a section that is not ready yet can stay switched off with the toggle at the top of that section in the editor.

This is the part couples most often mix up. A published invitation can still be on the free trial, and the trial has a view limit.

Once that limit is reached, guests see a not-ready screen instead of your card. Upgrading unlocks it immediately, with no need to publish again.

After you activate it, the card is yours and it does not expire. There is nothing to renew and nothing more to pay, so you can keep it as a memento for as long as you like.

The view limit only applies while a card is on the trial, so once it is activated any number of guests can open the link. You can still edit it as usual, whether you are changing the ceremony time or adding photos the week of the wedding.

Deleting is the only action on an invitation that has no way back. The design, the wording and the whole guest list go with it, the old link stops working, and nothing can be restored afterwards. If you only want to set a card aside for a while, leave it as it is rather than delete it.

If the card you delete was already paid for, the payment itself is not lost. Your account is credited one invitation straight away, so you can build a new card and activate it with that credit instead of paying again.

The old link address is freed up as well, so on the new card you can open Share, tap Customize link and type the same address back in. Guests who already have the link can then open the new card without you resending anything, and it is worth doing early because a free address can be taken by someone else. The guest list is the part that does not come back, so add your guests again on the guest page.