WordPress: The Difference Between Pages and Posts
WordPress has two ways of displaying content to your site – Pages and Posts.
Both Pages and Posts can include any combination of text and images and can be added to or changed at any time. Here are a few of the key differences:
Pages
WordPress Pages are a lot like traditional webpages. They form the basic framework of your website. Unlike a traditional website, with WordPress you can easily add new pages, or change or delete existing pages.
While you can create as many pages as you like to your WordPress site, common pages include:
- Home Page
- About US
- Contact
- Products
- Services
- FAQ
- Blog
Using short, one or two-word page-names is useful, as more pages can then be listed on your pages menu or Navigation bar (Nav-bar):
Whenever you add a new page it will automatically appear on your list of pages in your Nav-bar. Simply clicking on an of the Page names will automatically take you to that page.
Like all pages in WordPress, you can name them whatever you like. This page of your website doesn’t have to called ‘Blog’, it can be easily called ‘News’ or anything else.
Once set up, Pages generally stay the same from day to day. The big exception is the Blog Page. The Blog Page is where all your new posts will appear and will change every time you add a new post.
More on WordPress Pages.
Posts
Posts are used to easily add new information to your website. They will appear one after the other on the Blog page with the most recent posts on top.
Your blog is a great place to post any news about your company. You can announce a new product or service, profile an existing client, or point to a link on another website that might interest your readers.
The title you chose for a post is usually longer, and more descriptive than a Page title. This makes it easier for readers to look through your posts and find the specific post they are interested in.
Posts can also be assigned to different categories to group similar post together. You can chose as many categories as you like. This post is listed under the WordPress category.