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Wagtail user guide

This documentation is written for anyone creating content or managing content production in Wagtail. It covers everything you can expect when using a standard Wagtail site.

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Tutorials

Our tutorials will help you learn and master the different ways of creating and managing content in Wagtail. It’s the best place to get started.

How-to

Our how-to guides explain the simplest ways to achieve common tasks.

Explanation

Wagtail has strong opinions about CMS best practices. This section describes why Wagtail works how it does from a user’s perspective.

Reference

What is a Snippet? What does a permission do? Our reference material gets to the point, giving the key information at a glance.