Set a page status in Confluence

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To set a page status in Confluence from Capable Search, select the page in your results to open the side panel. Under Summary, select the Status row and pick a status. Since 13 October 2026 this also works on pages with no status yet, where the row reads No status.

#Before you start

You need

Why

Capable Search installed

The app is part of Capable Search for Confluence and the Capable Suite.

Edit permission on the page

Without it the Status row is read only.

Page statuses in the space

Confluence content statuses must be turned on, with at least one status, in the space settings.

#Steps

  1. Open Capable Search: select Capable Search in the space sidebar or the Apps menu (in the Suite, Capable, then Search).

  2. Run a search that includes the page.

  3. Select the page's row. The side panel opens on the right.

  4. Under Summary, select the Status row. The menu is headed Set status, or Change status if the page already has one.

  5. Pick a status. Each is marked Custom or Space.

#If it does not work

  • No content statuses available means the space has no statuses to pick. A space admin can add them in the Confluence space settings.

  • If the page has unpublished changes, the status is applied to the draft, as Confluence does.

  • To set the same status on many pages, use Change the status of many Confluence pages at once.

One click, one status.