Category: WordPress • Est. reading time: 1 minute
When you start in WordPress, you will notice two ways to add content: posts and pages. They look almost identical in the editor, but they behave very differently, and knowing which to use keeps your site organized.
What a Post Is
Posts are for timely, regular content, think news, updates, and articles. They are dated, they stack up newest-first in your blog feed, and they use categories and tags to stay organized. Posts are also where reader comments usually live. If it is something you publish on an ongoing basis, it is a post.
What a Page Is
Pages are for permanent, standalone content, your About, Contact, and Services pages. They are timeless rather than dated, they do not use categories or tags, and they do not appear in your blog feed. Pages can also be arranged in a hierarchy, with parent and child pages, to organize a larger site.
A Third Type: Custom Post Types
Posts and pages are the two you get out of the box, but they are not the only content types WordPress can have. Themes and plugins can add custom post types, which are their own kind of content built for a specific purpose. An online store adds a Products type, a real estate site might have a Listings type, and a portfolio site a Projects type. They behave a lot like posts, often with their own menu in the dashboard and their own way of sorting, but they are kept separate so your content stays organized. You usually do not create these yourself; a plugin or custom coding by your developer sets them up when your site needs them.
A Simple Rule
Here is the shortcut: if it is news or something you will keep publishing, make it a post. If it is a permanent part of your site, make it a page. That one question answers it almost every time.
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