Missing Publishing Site with Workflow in SharePoint 2016

Question

I have a SharePoint 2016 farm with Workflow Manager installed and I need to create a SharePoint site collection with Publishing Site with Workflow template but I can't find the "Publishing Site with Workflow" template in the Publishing tab below

However in other SharePoint 2019 farm that doesn't have workflow manager installed, I can find the Publishing Site with Workflow template is listed in Publishing tab

In this case, How can I create a SharePoint site collection with Publishing Site with Workflow template?

Answer 1

As per my test on many farms with different SharePoint versions, I can find the Publishing Site with Workflow Template listed in the Publishing tab without no issue!
However, to avoid such behavior, you can create a Publishing Site with Workflow using Powershell as the following:

Create a Publishing Site with Workflow using PowerShell in SharePoint 2019

1. Open SharePoint Management Shell as Administrator.

2. Run the below cmdlet to create a Publishing Site with Workflow using this site template code BLANKINTERNET#2 as below

    New-SPSite https://webApp/sites/test -OwnerAlias "DOMAIN\melqassas" -Language 1033 -Template BLANKINTERNET#2
   

Check also New-SPSite

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See also

• Get SharePoint Site Template PowerShell
• Overview of sites and site collections in SharePoint Server