Page properties web part only shows Title

DGlasbrook 96

When adding a Page properties web part to a modern SharePoint Online page, the only property that is available in the dropdown list is Title - what do I need to do to add other page properties to the web part?

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DGlasbrook 96 Reputation points

2021-11-26T17:21:08.987+00:00

We've fixed this now - we needed to unseal the Site Page content type by running this powershell script for each subsite:

Connect-PNPOnline <SubsiteURL> -UseWebLogin
$contenttype = Get-PNPContentType -List <ListID> -Identity "Site Page"
$contenttype.Sealed =$false
$ contenttype.Update($False)
Invoke-PnPQuery

Note: Only use the -UseWebLogin if you have MFA enabled for your tenant otherwise remove it from the cmdlet.
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CaseyYang-MSFT 10,321 Reputation points

2021-12-01T06:57:36.077+00:00

Hi @DGlasbrook ,

Sorry for my late reply and thanks for sharing your solution. Please remember to accept your solution as answer. It will do great help to those who meet the similar question in this forum. Thanks again for your contribution.
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CaseyYang-MSFT 10,321 Reputation points

2021-11-16T01:53:15.703+00:00

Hi @DGlasbrook ,

You could add custom page properties in Site Pages library.

Site Pages library > Library settings > Columns > Create column or Add from existing site columns

My test result:

Before: After:

Page properties web part:

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DGlasbrook 96 Reputation points

2021-11-16T10:56:29.237+00:00

Hi
Thanks for the suggestion - I have followed the steps but still cannot see any values other than title in the Page properties web part - this is what I did:

Went to Site Pages library, then to Library Settings, then Add from existing Site columns, and added some columns that I wanted to be able to select in the Page properties web part (Status, Category, Modified, Department):

CaseyYang-MSFT 10,321 Reputation points

2021-11-17T07:18:16.71+00:00

Hi @DGlasbrook ,

Did you add these columns to page content types?

DGlasbrook 96 Reputation points

2021-11-17T09:23:19.34+00:00

I had both those checkboxes ticked as in your screenshot, and the Used in looks like this shot below:

I notice that Site Page is only showing for some of the columns and not for the ones that I want to use in the Web part - could that be the issue and if so, any suggestions for how to resolve that?

CaseyYang-MSFT 10,321 Reputation points

2021-11-17T09:47:46.243+00:00

Hi @DGlasbrook ,

Are you using site page or wiki page? You could try to add site column in Content type gallery driectly.

Site setting > Site content types > Content type gallery > click site page or wiki page... > Add site column > Add from existing site columns

DGlasbrook 96 Reputation points

2021-11-17T09:51:12.69+00:00

I'm using site pages (modern) - I'll try that, thanks

CaseyYang-MSFT 10,321 Reputation points

2021-11-17T09:56:16.58+00:00

You are welcome, if there is any progress please let me know

DGlasbrook 96 Reputation points

2021-11-17T09:58:55.503+00:00

I've tried adding a few different columns (this is a sub-site so I had to go to the parent content type gallery):

When I try to add a column I get an error as per this shot - content type could not be found:

CaseyYang-MSFT 10,321 Reputation points

2021-11-17T10:03:35.997+00:00

Hi @DGlasbrook ，

Yes, you should add column and upate sites and list in parent site content type gallery.

DGlasbrook 96 Reputation points

2021-11-17T10:21:10.61+00:00

I do have that update all sites box ticked, but I'm still getting the error (content type could not be found):

CaseyYang-MSFT 10,321 Reputation points

2021-11-18T08:57:27.64+00:00

Hi @DGlasbrook ,

You could try to use the following PnP PowerShell commands to add site columns. Was there any script disable this content type?

$SiteURL = "https://xxx.sharepoint.com" $ContentTypeName = "Site Page" $SiteColumnName = "Status" #Internal Name #Get Credentials to connect $Cred = Get-Credential Try { #Connect to PNP Online Connect-PnPOnline -Url $SiteURL -Credentials $Cred #Add Field to Content type Add-PnPFieldToContentType -Field $SiteColumnName -ContentType $ContentTypeName } catch { write-host "Error: $($_.Exception.Message)" -foregroundcolor Red }

CaseyYang-MSFT 10,321 Reputation points

2021-11-22T09:07:06.703+00:00

Hi @DGlasbrook ,

I'm checking how the things are going on about this issue. Is there any progress on this issue?
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DGlasbrook 96 Reputation points

2021-11-22T09:32:55.777+00:00

Hi
There's no progress, but I have a support ticket open, so I'm hoping to get some ideas from that - i'll put an update on here when I get any progress.
David
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CaseyYang-MSFT 10,321 Reputation points

2021-11-22T09:48:57.967+00:00

Hi @DGlasbrook ,

Thanks for your reply. I look forward to hearing from you soon.
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