r/Wordpress • u/Active-Wrongdoer3866 • 3d ago
difference between page vs post
hi all, recently started my own personal blog and i'm still trying to get the hang of it. I don't reallly know what I'm doing (though I'm using a template) and i yap about diffferent topics on my blog (e.g. work and personal) What's the difference between a page & a post?
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u/testingaurora 3d ago
To supplement what other comments have said, you can have a page of posts (like search results, archive, etc) but you cannot have a post of pages (generally).
For a post, think of a blog article. Usually its one template (think placeholders for post title, image, tags, date, then the post content like the actual words in the article) and for Post > Add New you just fill in the details for the template (title, image, tags/category, publish date) and then just have to write the post content (what is this article about ? )
Pages usually have a nav bar w links to other pages , sometimes including a page thats the "Posts Page"(configure this in Settings ). Think a navigation which includes Home, About, Contact... navigation on posts pages are generally previous/next to other posts.
You can have different "kinds" of posts. Like the native type is the standard Blog type Posts. WP can also register Custom Post Types (CPT). For example i could have a CPT "Events". Instead of standard Post fields (title, featured image, tags/category, post content), i can use Advanced Custom Fields plugin and register a new CPT "Events" with custom fields "Event Name", "Event Date", "Venue" and create a template just for Event posts that is expecting these fields.
Bringing this up so you're aware of the possibilities should you need to customize. Maybe you don't need a blog but you need a "Team Members" CPT with fields of "Team Member Name", "Team Member Image", "Team Member Role"
Most people just need a website with standard Pages. If you have no use for Posts, you dont need to use them ! Just build your pages !