Chapter 5: Creating and Managing Pages
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Chapter 5: Creating and Managing Pages
5.1 Pages vs Posts
Understanding the difference between pages and posts is important.
Pages:
- Static, timeless content
- Not organized by categories
- Can have custom page templates
- Examples: About, Contact, Services
- Can be hierarchical (parent/child)
Posts:
- Time-based, blog entries
- Organized by categories and tags
- Appear in blog feed
- Examples: Blog articles, news updates
- Have publish dates
5.2 Creating Pages
Create static pages for important site content.
- Add new page from Pages menu
- Use Gutenberg editor for content
- Set page template (if available)
- Configure page attributes
- Set featured image
5.3 Page Hierarchy
Organize pages with parent-child relationships.
- Set parent page
- Create page hierarchy
- Use for organized navigation
- Affects URL structure
5.4 Page Templates
Use page templates for different layouts (if theme supports).
- Default template
- Full-width template
- Sidebar templates
- Custom page templates