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Pages vs Posts

  • droyed

    (@droyed)


    5 months, 1 week ago

    Hi there,

    I would like to know if I could only use Pages (and not Posts) to create my WordPress site. Are there benefits or limitations? Will this affect my site ranking etc?

    I am finding that it is difficult to sometimes manage the Posts because I cannot control all the elements (which often depend on themes/plugins). Also, for instance, I cannot customize individual Category pages.

    I wonder what the WP community would advise.

    Thank you.

    • This topic was modified 5 months, 1 week ago by Jan Dembowski. Reason: Moved to Fixing WordPress, this is not an Developing with WordPress topic
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  • James Koster

    (@jameskoster)

    5 months, 1 week ago

    Hey,

    The main difference is how the content is organised. Posts can be sorted (and viewed) by category, tag, author, date, and so on. Pages are not generally viewed collectively in this way and are more hierarchical in the sense that a parent page can have child pages.

    So the decision around which to use should be driven by the type of content, and how you want visitors to access it. If you have a blog, entries to that should be posts as this will enable visitors to filter and find relevant content. Whereas entries like an about or contact page should be set up as individual pages.

    > Also, for instance, I cannot customize individual Category pages.

    You can customise any template if you’re willing to touch the code 🙂

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