In this article, we explain the behavior of the List Availability property.
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What is List Availability?
List Availability is a property that determines whether an entity is available in automatically created lists. Possible values are:
- Public: The entity is available in automatically created lists
- Unlisted: The entity is not available in automatically created lists
All entities — except editorial selections — have the List Availability property.
How List Availability works
Editorial selection side
Editorial selections allows automatically selecting entities by:
- Entity types
- Tags
See Create and manage an editorial selection and Create and manage an editorial selection (localized) for further information
Entities whose List Availability is Unlisted are excluded from the selection; only the Public ones are included.
Conversely, entities that are manually added to the editorial selection display regardless of their List Availability value.
Front-end side
The front-end gets lists of entities through the FORGE Distribution API. E.g., the front-end can get the 10 most recent stories with the news tag.
Entities whose List Availability is Unlisted are excluded from FORGE Distribution API results; only the Public ones are included.