{"id":4626,"date":"2020-02-24T15:00:48","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T14:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/?p=4626"},"modified":"2020-09-28T15:17:17","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T13:17:17","slug":"difference-between-posts-and-pages-wp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/difference-between-posts-and-pages-wp\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding the Difference Between Post and Page in WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]You can\u2019t have a website without content. We\u2019re not necessarily talking about high-production-value, HBO-style TV show content, nor the highbrow textual content of magazines such as The New Yorker. We\u2019re talking about the ordinary content you\u2019d use to populate your website. The copy you\u2019d put in the \u201cabout us\u201d section, the photos you use on your website, blog posts, videos, company news \u2014 all of that is content.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”28px”][vc_column_text]If you have a WordPress website \u2014 and almost a third of the web are WordPress websites \u2014 the two major ways you can publish content are with posts and pages. While the two might look suspiciously similar to an untrained eye, they are different in many ways. They\u2019re so different, in fact, that you couldn\u2019t even use them interchangeably. Let\u2019s find out why. [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”68px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

What Do You Need to Know About Posts in WordPress?<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]When you have a blog on your website or any other section that\u2019s regularly updated with new content, chances are you\u2019re using posts to add it. That\u2019s what they\u2019re for, after all \u2014 publishing timely content that appears on a websites\u2019 blog in chronological order<\/strong>. The vast majority of articles you\u2019ve read on WordPress websites, if not all of them, were posts.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”28px”][vc_column_text]Because they\u2019re used to publish content whose value changes, if not diminishes, with time, newer posts will always be easier to access than old ones. But that much you already knew from reading blogs<\/strong>. You might have also noticed that blog posts often contain the name of their author, as well as the date when they were published<\/strong>.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”]

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\n \"Posts <\/div>\n<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”38px”][vc_column_text]WordPress even lets you choose the permalink format that contains the date of publishing. Those are just some of the features that make WordPress posts special.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”28px”][vc_column_text]When it comes to organizing posts, you can handle it by using WordPress taxonomies<\/a>, most notably the two default taxonomies you get with WordPress: categories and tags. These taxonomies are very useful for grouping posts together.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”]
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\n \"Grouping <\/div>\n<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”38px”][vc_column_text]Categories and tags differ in traits such as broadness and being a part of a hierarchy, so it would be best if you learned when to use categories, and when tags<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”28px”][vc_column_text]Finally, you should know that WordPress posts appear in your website\u2019s RSS feed<\/strong>. People who subscribe to it will get short versions of your posts in their RSS reader\u2019s inbox.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”68px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the Deal with WordPress Pages?<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Some content doesn\u2019t have to be published in a timely fashion or displayed in chronological order. You don\u2019t have to syndicate everything that\u2019s on your website via the RSS feed. Some things, like the story of how you built your business and how you fell in love with that perfect shop theme<\/a> or whatever else you\u2019ve added to the \u201cAbout Us\u201d part of your website<\/a>, don\u2019t need to be updated at all.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”28px”][vc_column_text]The same goes for pages that you\u2019d use to list your business\u2019 contact information or pricing. The FAQ doesn\u2019t change too often either, and unless your business has a high turnover rate, neither does your staff. [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”]

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\n \"Deal <\/div>\n<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”38px”][vc_column_text]For these purposes and types of content, you need to have solid, static pages that you rarely if ever mess with<\/strong>. If your website was a house, pages would be the foundation and the load-bearing walls to the posts\u2019 plaster walls and furnishings.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”28px”][vc_column_text]Because they are used to display timeless content, pages aren\u2019t listed by date like posts are<\/strong>. The links WordPress assigns them by default don\u2019t contain the date when they were created. Even choosing the permalink format that contains the date won\u2019t affect pages.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”28px”][vc_column_text]Pages usually don\u2019t have a place for a byline<\/strong>. This might be, at least in part, because they are usually reserved to provide information, as is the case with the about page or the contact page.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”28px”][vc_column_text]While posts are organized chronologically and then grouped with the use of taxonomies, pages have a hierarchical structure. You can group related pages by making one of them the \u201cparent\u201d and designating other pages as the \u201cchildren.\u201d <\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”]
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\n \"Group <\/div>\n<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”38px”][vc_column_text]The change is reflected mostly in the hyperlink of the children pages, as they will by default contain a reference to the parent page.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”81px”][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#f0f0f0″][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id=”top-picks-banner”][vc_empty_space height=”28px”][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#f0f0f0″][vc_empty_space height=”80px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s Recap – WordPress Pages vs Posts<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]When you\u2019re populating your website with content, WordPress will give you a choice of two tools to do it, posts and pages. You should use posts when you want to:[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”23px”]

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    \n Publish timely content that\u2019s arranged in chronological order. <\/span> <\/div>\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>
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      \n Have a byline and the date of publishing displayed on the post.<\/span> <\/div>\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>
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        \n Have the ability to let people know about your content via RSS. <\/span> <\/div>\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>
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          \n Group your content with categories and tags.<\/span> <\/div>\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>[vc_column_text]Usually, this restricts the use of posts to the blog alone. So while your blog content is busy working its magic with search engines or dazzling the readers, the pages will: [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”23px”]
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            \n Contain static content that doesn\u2019t need to be displayed chronologically. <\/span> <\/div>\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>
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              \n Have no need for a date, byline, or even frequent content updates. <\/span> <\/div>\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>
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                \n Provide important information to the people visiting your website. <\/span> <\/div>\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>
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                  \n Be organized into a parent-child hierarchy. <\/span> <\/div>\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>[vc_column_text]Everything from your website\u2019s front page to the about page is, obviously, a page. Now that you know which serves which purpose, you can use them both to create an amazing website with an awesome blog. Or don\u2019t \u2013 you can make a perfectly good website with pages alone, with all the limitations they bring. It\u2019s up to you![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                  Still not sure what makes posts different from pages in WordPress? This article will help you learn and make sure you always know when to use which. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9295,"featured_media":6729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[14,4,13],"class_list":["post-4626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tutorials","tag-core","tag-tips","tag-wordpress"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9295"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}