Default Homepage in a URL

  • I wondered if it’s possible to set the default homepage in a different URL apart from the root route.

    For example:

    https://example.com/home/

    And https://example.com is a 404

    If I set static home page in Reading then it will become the new root.

    If I leave it unset, then blog archive will be the home.

    So I cannot figure out a solution to this.

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  • Generally whatever you define under Reading as your homepage, is what’s going to load at the root of your domain.

    To force a WordPress error page to come up, leave your Reading set to something like Your latest posts, and add the following code either to a plugin or your theme:

    add_action('template_redirect', function () {
    if (!is_home()) return;
    global $wp_query;
    $wp_query->set_404();
    status_header(404);
});

    If the page requested is anything other than home, WordPress will operate normally, however if the user requests the homepage, it will force a 404 error page.

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