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title: Creating and Managing Stages
description: "Within your boards, you have the flexibility to create as many stages as needed to streamline your projects. Adding a stage to your board is straightforward and comes with a range of features. In this guide, we'll walk you through…"
url: "https://fluentboards.com/docs/how-to-create-a-new-stage/"
updated: "2025-04-22"
category: Stage Management
---

# Creating and Managing Stages

Within your boards, you have the flexibility to create as many stages as needed to streamline your projects. Adding a stage to your board is straightforward and comes with a range of features. In this guide, we'll walk you through the process of creating a stage on the board and explore the features available for the stage.

## Add New Stage

Go to the specific board where you want to add a stage. Look for the **Add Stage** button on your board, and simply click on it.

![new stage ](https://fluentboards.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/New-Stage--scaled.webp)

Here, you'll need to provide a **Title** for your stage and specify whether it's *Open* or *Closed* from the dropdown list.

Additionally, you have the option to import a stage from templates. Click on the **Import From Template** button, select the template from the dropdown list, and then click **Save** to add your stage to the board.

![stage title ](https://fluentboards.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Stage-Title--scaled.webp)

## Stage Actions

At the top right corner of your stage, you'll find a **Settings** icon button. Clicking on it will reveal several actions specific to this stage. Below, we'll detail all the available actions for your Stage.

**Copy Stage:** This action duplicates the stage, creating another identical stage.

**Set Status Closed:** This action toggles the stage status between open and closed.

**Reorder Stage:** Opens a pop-up allowing you to rearrange the stage order using drag and drop. Also, you have the option to rearrange your stages in boards using the drag and drop feature.

**Sort by:** Filters stage tasks by *Date Created (Newest First), Date Created (Oldest First),* or *Task Name (Alphabetically).*

**Move All Tasks:** Moves all tasks to any stage within the board.

**Make Template:**Converts the stage into a template for future use in other boards.

**Change Background:** Customize the background for this stage.

**Default Assignees:** Set a person to automatically be assigned to tasks added to this stage.

**Archive All Tasks:** Archives all tasks within the stage.

**Archive This Stage:** Archives the current stage.

![satge action](https://fluentboards.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Satge-Action-scaled.webp)

## Create Intermediate Stage

You can instantly create a stage in FluentBoards. Simply navigate between two existing stages, and you’ll see an **Add Stage** button. Click on it to create a new stage between those two stages.

![add new stage@2x](https://fluentboards.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Add-New-Stage@2x.gif)

That's the process for creating and managing stages in boards. If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to reach out to [us](https://wpmanageninja.com/support-tickets/?utm_source=wpmn&utm_medium=home&utm_campaign=site#/).