How to Create a Static Homepage for Your WordPress Blog

One of the questions I’m frequently asked is how to create a static homepage in WordPress.

A static homepage is ideal if you want visitors to see the same, consistent message each time they visit your blog. However, remember that a key feature of a successful blog is fresh, updated content, so even with a static homepage, you’ll still want to make your latest posts easy to access.

Here’s how to do it:

1. First you need to create the page that you want to use for your homepage. To do that, login to your WordPress dashboard and navigate to “Pages –> Add New”

2. Let’s create a page called “Homepage” (you can name this page anything you want). When you are finished creating your page, click “Publish”

3. Navigate to “Settings –> Reading”

4. At the top of the Reading Settings page you will see “Front page displays”. Click the “A static page” selection. In the “Front page:” drop-down box select the page that you created in step #1.

5. Click “Save Changes” at the bottom of the page. You now have a static homepage!

Creating a New Page for Your Latest Posts

1. As mentioned above, you will still want people to be able to access your latest posts easily. The best way to do this it to create another page to display your latest posts. To start, navigate to “Pages –> Add New”

2. Create a page called “New Posts”. When you are finished creating your page, click “Publish”

4. At the top of the Reading Settings page you will see “Front page displays”. Click the “A static page” selection. In the “Posts page:” drop-down box select the page that you created in step #1.

5. Click “Save Changes” at the bottom of the page. Your posts will now display on the page that you selected.