Front Pages and Home Pages and Posts Pages, Oh My!

A brief discussion about the differences between the Front Page, the Home Page, and the Posts Page in WordPress.

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1. FRONT PAGES AND HOME PAGES AND POSTS PAGES, OH MY!
3. an apocryphal history of WordPress
4. POSTS V. PAGES ▪ WordPress’ original/default content ▪ Ordered by date ▪ “Ages” off the first page of the archive ▪ May lose relevancy over time ▪ Listed in an archive ▪ Introduced in 2005 (almost 4 years into WordPress history) ▪ Static/unchanging content ▪ Should remain relevant over time ▪ No archive available Posts Pages
5. READING SETTINGS
6. FRONT PAGE ▪ Always refers to the root of your site: mycoolsite.com ▪ Can refer to a static front page (a singular page) ▪ Can refer to a posts archive (latest posts) ▪ Always refers to the root of your site ▪ Code representation: is_front_page();
7. POSTS PAGE ▪ May not always exist on your site. ▪ Requires: front page set to a static page. ▪ Is an archive which pretends to be a static page, but functions only as an archive. ▪ Code representation: $posts_page = get_option( 'page_for_posts' ); $posts_page === get_the_ID();
8. HOME PAGE ▪ The archive of your posts. ▪ May be a singular page (Posts Page) or an archive ▪ Okay, technically it’s always an archive ▪ May be the Front Page of your site, or may be a different page entirely. is_home();
9. Please, never say “my home page”. Technically, it’s just confusing. Consider using the terms “front page” and “blog page” or “posts page” instead. Never say this.
10. IT ALL COMES BACK TO YOUR READING SETTINGS
11. You might be fine with your front page set to latest posts. If your site is a blog…
12. You likely want to set a static front page. Otherwise…