Publish content and share it with a public URL

Once Shipstar has generated a piece of content and you're happy with it, publishing gives it a permanent public URL that anyone can visit without logging in. Published content also gets an RSS feed automatically, so your users can subscribe and receive updates as you ship.

Publishing from the dashboard

1. Open the draft from the Calendar page or your content list.
2. Click Publish Now in the content sheet. Shipstar generates a unique public slug and makes the content live immediately.
3. Copy the public URL from the Published link in the Destinations section — it points directly to the live page.

Publishing via the API

You can also publish programmatically using the publish endpoint:

POST /api/internal/content/{content_id}/publish

The response includes the public_slug, is_published flag, and the full public_url.

Unpublishing

To take content offline, use Unpublish from the same menu in the dashboard, or call the unpublish endpoint. The content remains saved as a draft and can be republished at any time.

RSS feeds

Every published changelog and blog post automatically includes an RSS 2.0 feed. Append /feed to the public URL to get the feed for a single changelog or blog post. There is also a combined feed for all published blog posts at /api/v1/blogs/feed. Share the feed URL with your users so they can subscribe in any RSS reader.

Free plan badge

If your project is on the Free plan, published changelogs include a small "Powered by Shipstar" badge on the public page. Upgrading to Solo or Team removes the badge.