PowerShell Script to Create Publishing Page using Custom PageLayout in SharePoint 2013

Introduction

In this blog we will about create a custom page in SharePoint 2013 using PowerShell method. We need to create many pages based on a Custom Page Layout in our Site Collection for our development purpose.

For that I have created a small PowerShell script to work on this.

Steps

1. Start your windows PowerShell on your computer.
2. Right click and select Run as administrator option.
3. Paste the below script on the PowerShell window and click the enter button.
4. Check your SharePoint site page will be created successfully.

# Add the PowerShell Snapin

 $snapin = Get-PSSnapin | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq 'Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell'}

 if ($snapin -eq $null)
 {
     Add-PSSnapin "Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell"
 }

 # Get the SiteURL
 $SiteUrl = "https://Thegowtham.sharepoint.com"

 # Get the WebURL
 $WebUrl = "https://the gowtham.sharepoint.com/sites/TS"

 # Get the PageLayout
 $PageLayoutRelUrl = "/_catalogs/masterpage/CustomPageLayout.aspx"

 # Get the Page URL
 $PageName = "TestSite.aspx"

 # Get the Title of the Page which is going to get created
 $PageTitle = "SamplePage"

 # Initialize the Site Object
 $Site = Get-SPSite($SiteUrl)

 # Get the Publishing Site based on the SPSite
 $PublishingSite = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.PublishingSite($Site)

 # Get the SPWeb Object
 $Web = Get-SPWeb $WebUrl

 # Initialize the PublishingWeb based on the SPWeb
 $PublishingWeb = [Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.PublishingWeb]::GetPublishingWeb($Web)

 # Get the PageLayouts Installed on the Publishing Site
 $Layouts = $ PublishingSite.GetPageLayouts($False)

 # Get our PageLayout
 $PageLayout = $Layouts[$PageLayoutRelUrl]

 # Create a new publishing page.
 $Page = $ PublishingWeb.AddPublishingPage($PageName, $PageLayout)

 # Assign the Title for the Page
 $Page.Title = $PageTitle

 # Update the Page
 $Page.Update();

 # Check in the Page with Comments
 $Page.CheckIn("Page Created Successfully")

 # Publish the Page With Comments
 $Page.ListItem.File.Publish("Page Created Successfully and  Publish Comment")

Run the script with the required administrator privilege.

To verify that, go the Pages Library and make sure that new page available or not.