How to create a site as site template in sharepoint online

Question

I have created a project site and added some web part document libraries etc. I would like to use this as a template for all the new sites.

How do I do that?

Answer 1

You can use Save site as template option in SharePoint Online to save your current customized site as a template then use this template as a custom template for the future sites.

But there are some cases where you will missing this option as the following:

• Your Current site is Publishing Site.
• Your Current site is Community Site.
• Your Current site is Team Site but the SharePoint Server Publishing feature is currently enabled.
• Your Current site is Team Site but the Community Site feature is currently enabled.
• The current site has ever had Publishing or Community Site features enabled can’t be saved as a template.

Note: any workaround to savs site as a template for the above cases is not supported and not working properly!!

• If you disabled Custom Script capabilities in Center Admin, it will lead to missing Save Site As Template option.
  • To allow Custom Script, go to SharePoint Admin Center > Settings > Custom Script > Check:
    • Allow users to run custom script on personal sites.
    • Allow users to run custom script on self-service created sites

Note: Changes to the above settings might take up 24 hours to take effect!

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For more details check

• Missing Save Site As Template in SharePoint
• Save site as template" option isn't available in SharePoint Online in Office 365