Verify the information in a Doc by turning it into a wiki. Take a look at our webinar on how to Build a Knowledge Base with ClickUp 3.0 in ClickUp University.
Use wikis to manage knowledge and quickly identify the most up-to-date info in the following ways:
- Use Docs Hub to organize wikis alongside your Docs.
- Use wikis as the source of truth for Ask ClickUp AI. AI prioritizes wikis in its responses to questions.
- Leverage the project management capabilities of Docs in your wikis.
- Collaborate with your team in real time.
- See wiki comments in your Inbox and create tasks from those comments.
- Create tasks from the wiki.
- Easily import Docs into ClickUp.
What you'll need
- Free Forever and Business Plans can create one wiki per Workspace.
- Saving a wiki as a template counts as creating a wiki.
- Business Plus Plans can create unlimited wikis.
Create a wiki
You can create a wiki from the Docs Hub, a view, toolbar, Sidebar, location header, using /Slash Commands anywhere that accepts text, and a new or existing Doc.
Learn how to Create a Doc and where in your Workspace Docs are saved.
Create a wiki in Docs Hub
When you create your first wiki in Docs Hub, you can use a template or create a wiki from a new blank Doc. In Docs Hub, you can also browse Doc templates and import spaces and pages from Confluence.
Create a wiki from a template
Make sure you're applying a Wiki template. Applying a Doc template will create a Doc not a wiki.
Get started quickly with a Wiki template!
To create a wiki from a template in Docs Hub:
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Open the Docs Hub.
- In the upper-right corner of the Wiki card, click the plus icon.
- Or in the upper-right corner of the Hub, click the dropdown on the right of the Create Doc button. Then click Create wiki.
- Build your content into the template.
Create a wiki from any Doc template
Wikis can also be created from Doc templates.
For more info on how to use templates, start with our article Intro to templates.
Learn more about Doc templates in our article Create, apply, and update Doc templates.
To create a wiki from a Doc template in Docs Hub:
- Open the Docs Hub.
- In the upper-right corner of the Hub expand the dropdown on the Create Doc button.
- Select Browse Templates.
- Find and select the template.
- From the Use doc Template modal select a location from the dropdown.
- A new Doc with the template applied opens in your selected location.
- From the open Doc in the upper-right corner, click the ellipsis ... menu.
- Click the Mark Doc as wiki toggle on.
- Build your content into the template.
Create a wiki from a new blank Doc
To create a wiki from a blank Doc:
- Open the Docs Hub.
- In the upper-right corner of the Hub, click Create Doc.
- In the blank Doc, select Blank wiki.
Import spaces and pages from Confluence
To import from Confluence in Docs Hub:
- Open the Docs Hub.
- From the Wiki card in the upper-right corner, click Import.
- Follow the directions to import space and pages from Confluence.
For more info, read our article Import from Confluence.
Take a look at our article Import Docs to learn how to import any Doc into your Workspace.
Create a wiki anywhere you can create a Doc
You can also create a wiki from the Sidebar, Views Bar, location header, toolbar, a template, and using /Slash Commands anywhere that allows text.
To create a wiki anywhere you can create a Doc:
- Create a Doc.
- In the blank Doc, select Blank wiki.
Create a wiki from an existing Doc
To create a wiki from an existing Doc:
You can convert a Doc into a wiki without losing any info or formatting.
- Find the Doc and open it.
- From the open Doc in the upper-right, click the ellipsis ... menu.
- Click the Mark Doc as wiki toggle on.
Convert a wiki to a Doc
You can find a wiki in the same way you would a Doc. You can convert a wiki into a Doc without losing any info or formatting.
To convert a wiki to a Doc:
- Find the wiki and open it.
- From the open wiki in the upper-right, click the ellipsis ... menu.
- Click the Mark Doc as wiki toggle off.
Organization of wikis
Wikis are easy to distinguish from Docs. Wikis have a purple badge next to their names or in the upper-right of the open wiki.
Access your wikis in Docs Hub from the Wiki card or Docs table.
Wiki privacy and sharing
Wikis created in Docs Hub are private by default on the Business Plan and up. You can share and set permissions on a wiki the same way you would a Doc.
AI will only display a wiki to people if they have view-only permissions or more.