{"id":10846138,"date":"2021-07-02T15:25:18","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T15:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/?post_type=helphub_article&p=10846138"},"modified":"2023-04-25T15:16:47","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T15:16:47","slug":"create-a-static-front-page","status":"publish","type":"helphub_article","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/create-a-static-front-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Create a static front page"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Goal<\/strong>: you will know what a Static Front page is, and you will be able to set up a Static Front Page on your WordPress site.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pre-requisites<\/strong>: you need to know the difference between Pages<\/a> and Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is a Static Front Page<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

By default, WordPress displays a list of Posts<\/em> on the home page of your site. This list of posts is automatically updated<\/em> as soon as new posts are published, thus this is not static. Also, there is no need to create any page in order to have WordPress displaying this list of posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Static Front Page is a specific Page<\/strong> used as the Home Page<\/em> of the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to create a Static Front Page<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Reminder: to create a page, go to Pages > Add New<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"How<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Home Page<\/strong>: (if not already created) create the Page you want to use<\/strong> as the Static Front (Home) Page.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Posts Page<\/strong>: (if not already created) create an empty page<\/strong>. Give it a title<\/strong> that will be used on top of your posts list. This step is mandatory<\/strong> as you are modifying WordPress default setting. Any other content other than Title will not be displayed<\/em> at all on this specific page.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Setting<\/strong>: go to Settings > Reading<\/strong>, then ‘Home page displays’.\n
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    1. Static Page setting: select a static page<\/strong> (instead of the default Your latest posts<\/em>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Home Page setting: in ‘Home page’ list, select the page you want<\/strong> for Static Front(Home) Page.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Posts Page setting: in ‘Posts page’ list, select the empty page<\/strong> you created. Do not select any page with content<\/em>, as it will not be displayed. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. Save your settings<\/strong> by clicking ‘Save Changes’ button.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Connect to your site home page: you should now see the Page you selected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Goal: you will know what a Static Front page is, and you will be able to set up a Static Front Page on your WordPress site. Pre-requisites: you need to know the difference between Pages and Post. What is a Static Front Page By default, WordPress displays a list of Posts on the home page of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","category":[86,78],"class_list":["post-10846138","helphub_article","type-helphub_article","status-publish","hentry","category-publishing","category-support-guides"],"revision_note":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/10846138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/helphub_article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10846138"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/10846138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16356806,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/10846138\/revisions\/16356806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10846138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category?post=10846138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}