Change your Publishing Method

Last modified: June 3rd, 2026

Permissions required

Members of the Owners and Developers Default Permission Groups, or Custom Permission Groups with the site:settings:git:write permission, can change the Publishing Method for a Site.

The Publishing Method controls how CloudCannon moves changes from a Site to its Publish Branch. CloudCannon offers two Publishing Methods: Merge Immediately and Pull Request. For more information, please read our documentation on what publishing is and what Publishing Methods are.

These instructions assume you have already connected a Publish Branch to your Site.

To change the Publishing Method for a Site:

  1. From your Site, click Site Settings in the Site Navigation.
  2. Click Publishing in the Section Navigation.
  3. Under Publishing Method, select Merge changes immediately or Create a Pull Request.
  4. Click Update Publishing Settings.

CloudCannon will save your Publishing Method preference for the Site.

A screenshot of the Publishing page in Site Settings shows the Publishing Method options for Merge changes immediately and Create a Pull Request.

To set a default Publishing Method for new branched Sites in a Project, please read our documentation on configuring Branch Defaults for your Project.

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