What’s the difference between posts and pages?

By default, WordPress comes with two content types, posts and pages. They both have very similar fields in the Dashboard and often look very similar on the front end of your site. In this article, we will explain the difference between posts and pages in WordPress.

Posts

If you are using WordPress as a blog, then you will end up using posts for the majority of your site’s content. Posts are content entries listed in reverse chronological order on your blog’s home page. Due to their reverse chronological order, your posts are meant to be timely. Older posts are archived based on month and year.

Pages

Pages are meant to be static “one-off” type content such as your About Us, Team Members, or Contact Us page. While the WordPress database stores the published date of the page, pages are timeless entities. For example, your about page is not supposed to expire.

Posts vs. Pages

  • Posts are timely; Pages are timeless.
  • Posts are social; Pages are not.
  • Posts can be categorized; Pages are hierarchical.
  • Posts are included in the RSS feed; Pages are not.
  • Pages have a custom template feature; Posts do not.

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