# Zuwiki

## Visibility for Public Wikis

> Category: Access & Sharing

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## Pages

- [Welcome to Zuwiki](https://docs.zuwiki.com/welcome-to-zuwiki)

### Getting Started

- [Create Your First Wiki](https://docs.zuwiki.com/getting-started/create-your-first-wiki)
- [Organize with Categories](https://docs.zuwiki.com/getting-started/organize-with-categories)
- [Publish Your First Page](https://docs.zuwiki.com/getting-started/publish-your-first-page)

### Core Concepts

- [Wikis, Categories, and Pages](https://docs.zuwiki.com/core-concepts/wikis-categories-and-pages)
- [Page Lifecycle](https://docs.zuwiki.com/core-concepts/page-lifecycle)
- [Page History and Restore](https://docs.zuwiki.com/core-concepts/page-history-and-restore)

### Access & Sharing

- [Public vs Internal Wikis](https://docs.zuwiki.com/access-sharing/public-vs-internal-wikis)
- [Visibility for Public Wikis](https://docs.zuwiki.com/access-sharing/visibility-and-access)
- [Share Links](https://docs.zuwiki.com/access-sharing/share-links)
- [Access Grants](https://docs.zuwiki.com/access-sharing/access-grants)
- [Classification and Sensitivity](https://docs.zuwiki.com/access-sharing/classification-and-sensitivity)

### Editor Guide

- [Markdown Basics](https://docs.zuwiki.com/editor-guide/markdown-basics)
- [Linking Between Pages](https://docs.zuwiki.com/editor-guide/linking-between-pages)
- [Icons and Visual Touches](https://docs.zuwiki.com/editor-guide/icons-and-visual-touches)
- [Rich Content Blocks](https://docs.zuwiki.com/editor-guide/rich-content-blocks)
- [OpenAPI Pages](https://docs.zuwiki.com/editor-guide/openapi-pages)

### Plans & Account

- [Plans and Limits](https://docs.zuwiki.com/plans-account/plans-and-limits)
- [Custom Domain](https://docs.zuwiki.com/plans-account/custom-domain)
- [Zuwiki for Open Source](https://docs.zuwiki.com/plans-account/zuwiki-for-open-source)

### Integrations

- [MCP Server](https://docs.zuwiki.com/integrations/mcp-server)

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# Visibility for Public Wikis

Visibility controls who can reach a **public documentation wiki**. It runs from fully open to the public internet down to a verified group, and you can set it on the whole wiki, on a single category, or on a single page.

This is the public side of access. Internal knowledge wikis do not use visibility at all, they use [access grants](/access-sharing/access-grants) instead. See [Public vs Internal Wikis](/access-sharing/public-vs-internal-wikis) for the distinction.

You set visibility in the wiki settings under **Security**, and per category or page from their own settings.

## The four levels

- **Public**: anyone on the internet can read it. No sign in, no gate.
- **Organization Members**: only signed in members of your organization can read it. Good for documentation that should stay inside the company but still live on a real URL.
- **Password Protected**: visitors must enter a password you set (4 to 128 characters). Anyone with the password gets in.
- **Email Domain**: only visitors with an email address on a domain you specify can get in. They enter their email, receive a six digit code, and enter it to unlock. Good for giving a partner or customer company access without creating accounts.

## How readers experience a gate

- **Password Protected**: the reader sees an unlock screen, enters the password, and is let in. The unlock is remembered in their browser for 30 days.
- **Email Domain**: the reader enters their email. If the domain matches, Zuwiki emails a six digit code. They enter the code and are let in, again remembered for 30 days. A mismatched domain or an expired code is refused with a clear message.

If you need to let a specific outsider past one of these gates without giving them the password or a matching email, hand them a [share link](/access-sharing/share-links) instead.

## Setting visibility on parts of a wiki

Visibility can be set at three levels, and the more restrictive one wins on the way down:

- Set it on the **wiki** to gate everything at once.
- Set it on a **category** to gate just that group of pages. A category gate applies to every page inside it, regardless of the pages' own settings.
- Set it on a **page** to gate a single page. A page level gate only takes effect when its category is itself public, otherwise the category gate is what readers meet first.

In short: a reader has to clear the gate of the category before a page's own gate matters. Plan gates top down so you do not accidentally leave a page open inside a locked category.

## A few rules of thumb

- Default to **Public** for documentation that is meant to be found. That is the point of a public wiki.
- Use **Organization Members** when the content belongs to the company but you still want it on a clean URL.
- Use **Password Protected** or **Email Domain** for a closed audience, and reach for [share links](/access-sharing/share-links) when you need to make a one off exception.