Module 2 of 6
Training / WordPress basics / Lesson 3 of 7
WordPress has two kinds of content, and people often mix them up. Choosing the right one keeps your website tidy.
You'll learn
When to add a page and when to add a post
Takes
About 3 minutes
You'll need
Nothing, just a few minutes
Watch: “Understanding the difference between WordPress posts and pages”, an official video from WordPress. It shows the same job on their own demo site, so your screen may look a little different. The written steps below are the ones to follow.
1
A page is for information that stays put: Home, About, Services, Contact. Pages usually appear in your menu and are edited with Elementor.
2
A post is an article with a date on it: news, advice, a recent job, an offer. New posts appear at the top of your blog automatically, and older ones move down.
3
Ask yourself whether it will still be true and useful in two years. If yes, it’s a page. If it’s news or timely, it’s a post.
4
Each helpful post is another way for people to find you on Google. Answering the questions your customers ask is a good place to start.
It will sit in your blog, not in your menu. Make it a page instead.
It won’t show on your blog. Copy the text into a new post and delete the page.
Tell us which page it’s on and what you’re trying to do. We can talk you through it or make the change for you.
