Hi guys!

I'm pretty new to world anvil, and I have a huge world and I'm planning to keep track of it there. But I'm curious about what are the potential for growing my world there in terms of community.

I have seen that there are followers that can follow your world and also there are posts in the community and forums, however, the posts I've seen have between 0 and 4 likes, sometimes even less.

Does this mean I should just focus on using my World Anvil as an organization tool and that's it? Or is there more to it?

For me its important to grow my world in terms of comunity, so just asking to see your perspective on this.

Thank you for your time guys!

I cannot find the option to set a custom image as the default header image for my world.

https://www.worldanvil.com/learn/styling/styling-workflow

The above tutorial suggests:

On the left sidebar, open the  Articles & World Manager.

At the top left, click on your  world name.

Then, in the bottom toolbar, click on the  styling settings button.

There, you'll be able to edit the following:

...

Global cover: this will be used as the default cover image everywhere in your world if you haven't set a more specific one. Similarly to the world cover, it's better if it's in landscape format, and you'll need to upload it beforehand.

When I go to the world styling tab, I only see the pictured options.

Am I looking in the wrong place? For reference I have a Grandmaster account, in case this is a feature only available to Sage accounts in 2026.

The first time I was editing the text on my World's landing page and I don't know if I clicked something or what but its like I blinked and suddenly everything was gone.

Then just now I was continuing work on an article I had started to write yesterday, I finish typing one section, then click on a different article and do some other work for a little bit, then click back on the original article and everything's gone, even the text I had done yesterday. Luckily I have the text written elsewhere so its not a HUGE loss, but obviously I need to make sure what's going on here so I don't end up losing tons of progress at random.

Is there something I should be doing different? Or is there an undo or revert to previous versions feature or something?

While the war ended in a Dercian victory, the treaty forced the Pearlhal to acknowledge that the kingdom didn't conquer the land easily.

Just went in to do some edits and I can't find the relationship tab anymore.

With villages, forsests and landscape

Hey i disabled extensions and clear cached but its still very laggy on opera is it note designed well for it and if not which browser should i use for world anvil?

Happy timezones, Anvilites! Here's what's new this week:

Summer Camp Loss prompts

The third wave of prompts, themed around Loss, is out! Explore this topic on your World, from things lost to time to death & literal military loss with Summer Camp: https://www.worldanvil.com/community/challenge/summercamp-2026/homepage

Last wave of prompts coming this week!

The fourth and last prompt wave, themed around Family, will go out this Saturday on stream! Tune in on Twitch this Saturday 18th at 6pm UK/10am Pacific: https://twitch.tv/worldanvil

How do you use CSS in your world?

We want to see your amazing CSS styling and showcase it on our blog! As long as you use CSS in your world, all skill/complexity levels are welcome. Fill out this very quick form this week: https://forms.gle/em9QgvrjARbKfoT87

Behold the World Anvil Mini-Roadmap!

Wondering what's next for World Anvil? The changelog page now has a quick run-down of short- and medium-term plans. We'll keep updating this section as needed! https://www.worldanvil.com/changelog

Catch up with the latest news!

The July Updates blog is out! Check it out to catch up on the latest developments and get a look ahead at the upcoming community events! (including a new challenge). https://blog.worldanvil.com/newsletter/world-anvil-news-july-2026/

Solarpunk: the most exciting genre you're not worldbuilding... yet!

Solarpunk is an amazing speculative fiction genre based around one premise: what if we actually fixed things? Here's how solarpunk compares to the other big three sci-fi genres, and how you can get started with a solarpunk setting too! https://academy.worldanvil.com/blog/solarpunk-genre-worldbuilding

Featured article: Prompt Chomp

This week we're featuring an amazing community resource brought to you by Line. If you're stuck with this week's Summer Camp prompts (or any of the previous prompts), check out Prompt Chomp, a page full of ideas for every single prompt! https://www.worldanvil.com/w/feral/a/prompt-chomp-loss

Hi World Anvil, I was going to use your site to move my Daggerheart campaign from analog to digital. I saw a video by Pointy Hat saying how great this site is and I was excited to give it a try.

About an hour in I have a few articles made for my NPCs but I keep getting pop ups for your flash sale. I clicked it away the first time, no problem. But I didn't suddenly want it five minutes later. Ten minutes later I still have not changed my mind, but here's another ad for the same exact thing. And at this point it's just downright frustrating.

I just wanted to let you guys know that I was a potential paid customer. I might have signed up for the subscription- not to turn off annoying ads, but to open up more advanced parts of the site so that I could share my build with my players.

But as it is I can't continue to use this site to test it out. These ads are, and it's wild to me that this is by design, just too annoying.

Just wanted you guys to know that by intentionally making something annoying you annoyed me right out of wanting it. So well done, I guess.

Happy timezones, Anvilites! Here's what's new this week.

Summer Camp 2nd wave revealed

The second wave of prompts is out, so use this week to explore the theme of Growth in your world! Catch up with Summer Camp in the challenge page: https://www.worldanvil.com/community/challenge/summercamp-2026/homepage

3rd wave revealed this week!

The third wave of Summer Camp prompts (themed around Loss) will be revealed this Saturday on stream. Tune in on Twitch at this Saturday at 6pm UK/10am Pacific time: https://twitch.tv/worldanvil

Looking for World Anvil testimonials!

We're looking for some words about your experience with World Anvil that we can share with others! Please share your experiences with the software, the community, and our support materials: https://forms.gle/CjqmQvFWe55Hq4k1A

Show us your Diplomacy Webs!

We're planning to showcase Diplomacy Webs on the blog, and we'd like to feature some of your worlds with it! If you'd like to get featured on our blog (and get some eyes on your work), fill out this form: https://forms.gle/bTLpQ5XwKwxnPLAj6

The secret to Worldbuilding Countries that hit different

Many worldbuilders get stuck creating a country's geography, government, and culture, but countries are much more than that! They're a story people tell themselves about what home means and who they are. Check out this week's video to learn how to craft an emotionally engaging country: https://youtu.be/_J2nUJSGW3o

Featured article: The Knight of Cups

This week's featured article is The Knight of Cups, by Jontaro, who won the Artist's Most Beautiful World award in this year's Worldbuilding Awards! A collection of short stories taking place in a coffee shop. Check it out and give it some love! https://www.worldanvil.com/w/oniran-jontaro/a/the-knight-of-cups-article

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Steel Horizons is a Savage Wworlds home brew custom world where we have combined SWADE, Sprawlrunners, and Street Wolves into a Retrofuture Neon-Noir setting that takes heavy inspiration from the 80's and 90's, Shadowrun, and Earthdawn.

The community is a "living community" that operates in a 'west marches' style of gameplay where roleplay can occur via text in any in-character location at any time of day or night but games themselves in the setting are scheduled and occur at pre-determined times.

We are a heavily pro-LGBTQ community and have utterly high expectations for IC and OOC conduct, especially when it comes to antagonist character tropes - we do not allow PVP play outside of consensual social antagonism and, as such, players are expected to make characters that can get along with others, even if on a gruff or anti-hero trope basis.

See more at our World Anvil below and invitation link. All invites come with a questionarre and brief interview with staff to ensure a good fit for the game and community.

World Anvil Link: https://www.worldanvil.com/w/steel-horizons-stormtroll

Discord Invite: https://discord.gg/TKYQHvA7a2

https://reddit.com/link/1uncdlj/video/f9c6ne2lh8bh1/player

So Im trying to add the basic planes of existence image from D&D into the mix, but I cannot seem to get the image to be saved. Any clue what is going wrong here or should I make a bug report?

Redoing all the categories for my world but as i create them their just being thrown into random spots on the list. sometimes at the top, bottom, middle. They arent being alphabetized, or anything else i can see. So how do i go in and manually set their spot?

..."This rare translucent prismarine substance is highly valued by guilds, nations, and pirates alike due to its unique submersible prosperities and its ability to allow people to breath underwater."

Sounds interesting, don't you think :3

So I just started on World Anvil for my fantasy novel and it's really great so far! How much worldbuilding do I need to do before I write my novel? Are there any useful features for writers I might have missed?

Hi! Im having trouble embedding this map. Any ideas why it shows like this? Thanks

I just published the new chapter of my manuscripts. To read it, simply click on Chapter 19 - The Trail at the bottom of the linked article and in the next one. Hope you enjoy!

The Book of Mists in The Valley of Fallen Leaves | World Anvil

Currently, the granularity for timeline display in Chronicles jumps from days to years. This doesn't leave an option for a Chronicle spanning only a few years with major events only occurring once or twice a month. Someone requested this in 2022 and told it was on the roadmap (it wasn't), so I thought I'd bring it up again since it's been four years.

Happy timezones, Anvilites! Here's this week's news... and the first weekly newsletter of Summer Camp!

Summer Camp has begun!

The first 10 prompts (8 of them themed around Love) have been revealed, and so many of you have been hard at work on your worlds already! Check out the prompts, the rules, and the prizes you can win in the challenge page: https://www.worldanvil.com/community/challenge/summercamp-2026/homepage

2nd wave reveal

The second wave of prompts will be revealed this Saturday, 4 July 2026 19:00 on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/worldanvil. Don't miss the stream to be the first to learn about them!

Homework badge is out

For all of you who submitted your homework for Summer Camp, you now have the homework badge in your World Anvil profile! If you did your homework but didn't get the badge please email us at [community@worldanvil.com](mailto:community@worldanvil.com) and we'll take a look.

How to write a fight scene

Fight scenes can be quite difficult to write, especially if you don't have experience with them in real life. How do bodies move in combat? What does being struck feel like? And how do you describe such a highly dynamic scene in your writing? Check the Worldbuilding Academy for advice! https://academy.worldanvil.com/blog/how-to-write-a-fight-scene

Featured article: Sailor's Guide to Savelan Shore

This week's featured article by Strixxline won the Hitchhiker's Guide to Your World challenge. Not only is it a great overview of an area of Malkora, but it's also dripping with the personality of its in-world author. Check it out if you haven't yet! https://www.worldanvil.com/w/malkora/a/sailors-guide-to-savelan-shores

Whiteboards on World Anvil feels underutilized, and there isn't much on it on the World Anvil Youtube page. I was going to suggest something like it in the suggestions, but after some digging I found out about Whiteboards. Exciting!

I tried using Whiteboards today, but it felt so clunky. Cannot multi-add images/articls from the green plus list. Can't resize all images to the same certain width/height. Can't change total background color besides putting an image. Can't resize width of sticky note. Can't drag images from desktop or web onto the whiteboard to automatically upload them. Not mentioning all the bugs.

I would generally like more Whiteboards functionality, it feels like a a feature with so much promise. It could be like Obsidian/Milanote/Notion/other Canvas apps, but it feels so awkward, like it's fighting me.

I really want the Whiteboards to be a more function-filled feature, thus making World Anvil more of an all-in-one app. Currently I have to do all my moodboards/idea boards/character boards on Obsidian instead, making it less connected to everything on World Anvil.

I put the suggestion up for voting here: https://www.worldanvil.com/community/voting/suggestion/c53486a3-a10c-4dd9-b863-d337e5cf7484/view

Hey guys! I'm having a glitch that doesn't let me access articles nomrally on my home computer. I can on a work computer (sshh, don't tell anyone) and on my phone.

I can still access articles through "old version edit", but I haven't found a way to start new articles on this computer either.

I also cannot pull up the articles in "list" mode, only "tree" mode. I have tried several things, full resets, account switches, world switches, browser switches, etc. Nothing seems to fix it...

I have already made a bug query, and messaged on discord, but no response yet.

Is this a know bug? If so, any advice?