Creating releases
A release is a container for a group of content changes. You might create one for a seasonal campaign, a pricing update, or any coordinated set of changes you want to preview and deploy together.
Creating a new release
- In the MageDrop dashboard, open your store and click New release.
- Fill in the release details (below).
- Click Create release (or Create scheduled release).
| Field | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Release name | Yes | A descriptive name, such as "Summer Sale 2026" or "Homepage refresh". Your team picks the release by this name in Magento's MageDrop menu. |
| Description | No | Notes about what's in the release and why. |
| Deploy manually or Schedule | Yes | Deploy with one click when you're ready, or pick a Deploy at time for MageDrop to deploy it for you. |
| Roll back automatically | No | Scheduled releases only. Set a Roll back at time to restore the previous content when a sale or campaign ends. |
Every new release starts as a Draft. Nothing is deployed: take your time staging changes, previewing them and adjusting things before anything goes live. A release with a deploy time is only scheduled once you click Schedule on the release page (see Scheduling releases).
Release statuses
Every release moves through a lifecycle. The status badge shows where it stands at a glance.
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Draft | Not deployed or scheduled yet. You can freely add, update and remove staged changes. This is where you do your preparation. |
| Scheduled | Waiting for its deploy time; MageDrop deploys it automatically when that arrives. You can still stage changes, change the times, or deploy it straight away. |
| Deploying / Rolling back | MageDrop is writing the changes to Magento, or restoring the previous values. This usually takes seconds. |
| Live | Deployed: every staged change is live on your store. You can roll back from here. |
| Rolled back | Was live and has been rolled back to the values captured at deploy time. You can deploy it again with Redeploy. |
| Failed | A deploy or rollback hit an error. The activity log shows what went wrong; fix it and use Retry deploy. |
| Archived | Hidden from the releases list. Its changes, history and activity are kept. |
Working with draft releases
While a release is a Draft, you have full flexibility:
- Stage changes with Save & Stage from the MageDrop button in the Magento admin.
- Remove changes you no longer want, field by field or a whole entity at a time.
- Preview every staged change together on your storefront.
- Set or change the schedule from the release page.
- Archive the release from the More actions menu if you no longer need it. Releases are never deleted, so the history stays intact.
Tips
- Use descriptive names. With several releases on the go, clear names make it easy to pick the right one in both the dashboard and the Magento admin.
- One concern per release. Keep releases focused, such as a "Summer Sale" release for the promotion and a separate "Homepage refresh". Previewing, deploying and rolling back are then more predictable.
- Don't rush to schedule. You can set a schedule later, or deploy by hand when you're ready. A release can stay in Draft as long as you like.