# Community and publishing

Browsing Discover, publishing a project, hashtags, licenses, liking, remixing and entering events.

**Use this when:** you want to share a project with the Womp community, find or remix others' work, or enter an event.

**Don't use this for:** sharing a private project with collaborators or exporting files. Read Importing and exporting.

## Discover

`Discover` in the left menu opens into:

- **`Showcase`:** work picked by the Womp team.
- **`Community`:** projects published by Womp users.
- **`Events`:** community contests and their entries.
- **`Hire creators`:** verified creators you can contact.
- **`Chats`:** channels for talking with the community.

The left menu also has `Assets` (`Smart Templates`, `Assets` and `Materials`) and `Order Prints`, where you can browse featured prints and order them.

The `Community` feed sorts by `Hottest`, `Staff picks`, `Newest` or `Pro`.

## Open a community project

Click a project to open its preview. From there you can:

- **Like** it with the heart, or click it again to unlike.
- **Comment** on it.
- **`Remix`** it to make your own copy to edit.
- Open the `...` menu for `Export Image`, `Export Model`, `Copy Link` and `Report this project`.

What you can do depends on the creator's license. If remixing is off, the button says "Remix is disabled by project owner". A Pro project needs Pro to remix (`Get Pro to Remix`).

## Publish a project

1. In the project, click `Share`, then `Publish to community`. You can also use `Publish project` in the project's menu on the Projects page.
2. Pick a `Thumbnail` shape: `Square`, `Landscape` or `Portrait`. Tick `Floor grid` to show the grid in it.
3. Set the `Title` and an optional `Description` (up to 1,000 characters).
4. Add `Hashtags`.
5. Optional: tick `Age restricted` for mature content, or `Share in` `#share-your-womp` to post it to that channel.
6. Choose a `License`.
7. Click `Publish to Community`.

![The Publish file panel: Thumbnail (Square, Landscape, Portrait), Title, Hashtags (0/10) with Add a hashtag and Add, Age restricted, Share in #share-your-womp, License set to CC0 with its explanation, and the Cancel and Publish to Community buttons.](/docs/images/ui/community-publish.webp#narrow)

*The publish settings. `Floor grid` and `Description` are not shown in this crop.*

Some files cannot be published:

- Team files ("Team files can't be published to the community right now.").
- Flow-only files. Open the file in Stage to publish it.
- A Pro project, unless you have Pro.

## Hashtags

- Up to 10 hashtags a project.
- Each hashtag is at most 25 characters, including the `#`.
- Press Enter or type a comma to add one. Spaces are removed.
- Duplicate and empty hashtags are rejected.

## Licenses

| License | Others can remix | Others can download images, video and models |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `CC0` (No rights reserved) | Yes | Yes |
| `CC BY` (Attribution) | Yes, with credit | Yes, with credit |
| `CC BY-ND` (No derivatives) | No | Yes, with credit |
| `All rights reserved` | No | No |

## Unpublish

On the Projects page, open the project's menu and choose `Unpublish project`. You can also use `Unpublish project` in the project's preview.

## Liked projects

Your liked projects are at womp.com/my-likes. There is no `Liked` entry in the left menu. A project you liked disappears from the list if its creator unpublishes it.

## Events

Womp runs contests and challenges. Each event has a hashtag.

1. Open `Discover`, then `Events`, to see events with their dates. A live event shows `Ongoing`.
2. To enter, publish your project with the event's hashtag. While an event is open, the publish dialog shows it under `Enter events:`. Click it to add the hashtag.
3. Entries show under the event on the `Events` page.

## Use instead

- **Wrong move:** publishing a project to share it privately with a collaborator. **Why:** publishing makes it public to the whole community. **Right move:** use `Invite collaborators` in the `Share` menu, or `Share project` in the project's menu on the Projects page.
- **Wrong move:** choosing `CC BY-ND` and expecting nobody to download your model. **Why:** CC BY-ND allows downloads, only remixing is blocked. **Right move:** choose `All rights reserved`.
- **Wrong move:** looking for a submit button to enter an event. **Why:** there is none. **Right move:** publish with the event's hashtag.

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Last checked: 2026-11-10. Womp version: Womp web app, November 2026.