By default, WordPress offers you two different ways to create content: posts and pages.
To make your site more easy to use, it's significant that you utilize posts and pages while adding new substance.
But when you're just starting out, it can be difficult to know when to use a post and when to use a page.
To help you understand which content is right, I'm going to explain in detail the difference between a WordPress post and a page in this post.
You will learn:
- The most important thing is deciding when you should use posts and when you should use pages.
- Some more specific differences between the post and the page to deepen your understanding.
WordPress Blog Posts vs. Pages: Differences in a Brief.
The fundamental distinction between a WordPress post and a page is:
WordPress posts have an official publication date and appear on your site's blog page in chronological order.
If you want to write a regular blog post, you have to use a post. For example, the content you are reading is published as a WordPress post (you can see the publication date if you look at the top of this page).
WordPress pages have no publishing history and are designed for static and timeless content. Two common examples of content should be your site's "Contact" or "Short Description" page.
There is no point in listing this content in terms of history because you want people to always see it, regardless of whether they visit your site.
For an example of a WordPress page, see the About ShoutMeLoud page. Note that there is no publication date?
At a higher level, this is the most important difference:
- WordPress posts are on time for blog posts and have a publication date.
- WordPress pages are for premature static content and have no publication date.
In any case, there are other minor contrasts between the two. Let's cover the following ...
4 more technical differences between WordPress posts and pages.
You already know that posts have a publication date, while pages don't. But there are other significant differences that can affect the structure of your site.
1. You can categorize posts, but pages are categorized.
At the point when you make a WordPress post, you have the choice to appoint:
- Types:
- Labels
Classes and labels assist you with getting sorted out your posts and make it simpler for perusers to discover content that intrigues them.
Each category and tag archive page lists all blog posts that fall into that category or are tagged according to their publication date.
For example, check the WordPress category on usmtip. Rather than posting each usmtip blog entry, it just records the most recent posts that have been appointed a "WordPress" classification.
Cannot use pages, categories or tags on the other hand. Instead, they are sorted by category. It's a key word, but here's what it means:
You can make one page "Parent" and the other page "Baby". It helps you group related pages:
Making a page a parent page child mainly affects the permanent link structure of its URL.
For example, if the homepage is on "yourite.com/parent", the child page will have the URL "yourite.com/parents/child".
You can see an illustration of this on the usmtip Disclaimer page. If you look at its URL, you will know that it is a child about the page.
2. Posts usually have a public writer, but pages don't.
In your WordPress backend dashboard, you will see an author for both post and page. But in the public section of your site, most titles show only one author for the post.
You can view it on ShoutMeLoud ahead of publication date:
Users can also click on the author of a post to browse the list of all posts by this author.
3. Posts show up in your RSS channel, however pages don't.
Your site's RSS feed allows readers to subscribe to your content using something called an RSS reader. For example, you can find the ShoutMeLoud RSS feed here (although you need an RSS reader to convert this feed into a human-friendly format).
Your RSS feed only shows the latest posts from your site. Page not included.
This makes sense because RSS feeds help readers subscribe to your latest content. And as you learned earlier, posts are for topical content, while pages are for static, timeless content.
Note: I use Fidley to subscribe to the blog's RSS feed. You should also use Feedly, it is quite solid and available for all platforms.
4. Posts have custom "layouts", but pages only occasionally have templates.
Since WordPress version 3.1, posts have had a feature called post format. Basically, they make your posts easier in different ways depending on the type of content. It will usually have the shape of things like:
- Image
- video
- History
- Gallery.
- Etc.
Pages do not have these formats. But some themes will include page templates that allow you to put different layouts on different pages. However, this feature is not as common as post formats.
FAQ for WordPress Post vs. Pages
Is there a cutoff to the quantity of posts or pages I can make?
no! You can make however many pages and posts as you need.
In previous versions of WordPress, using more than 100 pages caused performance issues, so you can still see references to this limit. But according to WordPress version 4.2, this problem is completely fixed and now you can create as many pages as you want.
Are posts and pages the same content you can create with WordPress?
no! Although WordPress originally had only posts and pages, it is now possible to create your own content types using the custom post type.
If you are not a developer, you may never use custom post types. But many popular WordPress plugins will add custom post types for you.
For example, if you use the Event Calendar plugin, it will create custom post events. Or, if you are building a real estate website, the plugin may include a custom post type for your home listing.
You can also find plugins to help you create custom post types.
That's all there is to know about WordPress pages and posts.
In this post, I have listed various technical differences between the post and the page. But for most bloggers, they all need to remember:
- Posts are for timely content. They have a publication date and are displayed in reverse chronological order on your blog page. When you hear the words "blog post" you should think about them.
- Pages are for static and timeless content. They do not have a publication date. They're great for content like "About" or "Contact" pages.
Any other questions about WordPress posts and pages? Leave a remark and I'll attempt to seduced you!
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