SharePoint Site Pages Library Explained

Key insights

• Site Pages library: The central document library where SharePoint stores all site pages and news posts.
  Every modern page you create lives here and a site can have only one Site Pages library.
• Find it: Open the Pages link or go to Site Contents from Settings to locate the library.
  It may appear as "Pages" in navigation even when the underlying name is Site Pages.
• Library features: The Site Pages library supports version history, metadata, and custom views.
  You can add web parts to pages and set a page as the site homepage.
• Management tools: The library includes a Templates folder after you save a template and creates language folders on multilingual sites.
  It also supports page approvals and news scheduling.
• Important limits: You cannot upload Word, PDF, or Excel files, create manual folders, or sync the library to File Explorer.
  Keep these restrictions in mind when organizing content.
• Risks and automation: Deleting the Site Pages library causes site pages to return 404 errors, so do not remove it.
  Some list features (like Rules) may be unavailable, so use Power Automate for workflows and automation.

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