I created a custom homepage for a new website, which is mostly based on custom html/css code. It works flawlessly as a normal page and is displayed correctly both in the preview and as a normal site. The theme is twenty-sixteen.
The weird stuff happens as soon as I try to set the page as my homepage. When I try to choose the site as my starter page (via Settings -> Reading -> Static Page), the page disappears and the custom blank blog page provided by WordPress is displayed.
I copied the page and gave it a different name for tests, whenever I switch the main page, the homepage transforms into this blank blog-pattern. You can check both pages here:
https://bettinawuelfingen.de/ (this is being displayed right now)
https://bettinawuelfingen.de/start/ (this is the identical code and *should* be displayed instead)
Any guesses?
Thanks so much in advance!
Hannah
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The page that should appear is this (a copy of the original one): https://robertogreco.eu/una-corta-autobiografia/ (slug: una-corta-autobiografia).
Calling the actual page, also shown in the pages list as “Home Page”, i.e. as https://robertogreco.eu/roberto-s-greco/ (slug: roberto-s-greco) gives the same “empty” page (probably somewhere a redirection) as https://robertogreco.eu/
I believe, but I.’m not 100% sure, this happened since I updated the web server to PHP 8.2 and/or WordPress 6.1.1, after not having touched the pages since long time.
I’m on a managed server by strato.de, so updates, backups, etc. should work all automatically.
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But when I revert back the settings to the default, the homepage shows the blog feed without any issues. Please help.
I am new to WP. So I don’t know where I messed up.
Thanks
According to the documentation, creating a “news” or “blog” page then selecting it within Settings – Reading “is mandatory as you are modifying WordPress default setting.” However, WordPress.com calls this same step optional.
Both relevant links are included below.
Is selecting a Posts Page indeed mandatory if using a Static Homepage and, if so, has my site been negatively impacted this entire time? Thanks for your help!
https://www.ads-software.com/support/article/creating-a-static-front-page/#how-to-create-a-static-front-page
https://wordpress.com/support/pages/front-page/#step-3-create-a-blog-page-optional