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Wordpress posts or pages?

by amo992
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What items should go where?

I'm having a hard time deciding what goes where. Should I restrict pages simply for opt-ins and use posts for the rest?

The main question comes in at organization. Should I use categorize to organize everything and only put one post per category, or should I use a page to host all the main posts?

I am asking for onsite SEO substantial answers.
#pages #posts #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author aaron_nimocks
    Use posts for everything except stuff like privacy policy, tos, contact us, about us, ect you should use pages.
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  • Profile picture of the author Osman_M
    I use pages instead of posts for all my websites to make it look more like a website not a blog.
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    • Profile picture of the author cnailor
      This is rather subjective, but here are the rules of thumb I follow...

      If the content is to be static and non-changing, and will be featured throughout the life of the blog (like TOS, privacy policy, shipping instructions, thank you pages, etc), then pages obviously.

      Though with some themes I use, you can ALSO use pages to display various *looks* into your blog posts. For example, on a recent site I finished, I added a PAGE that displayed only posts from a chef reviews and customer testimonials. This allowed me to place it in the page navigation, but use the blog posts.

      Posts are for the ongoing, quickly created content you share with your readers.

      So, Pages = Evergreen and required
      Posts = Content that changes, is time sensitive or category specific.

      Cenay'
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  • Profile picture of the author Antonios
    I am learning to use my blog, too.

    Had a similar question, too.

    My blog shows all my posts in the home page.

    How can I set it up to show only one post and at the side a menu for the other posts?

    Wordpress blog:

    antoniosbonusandreviews.com

    Thank you.

    Sincerely,

    Antonios


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    • Profile picture of the author scott g
      Originally Posted by Antonios View Post

      I am learning to use my blog, too.

      Had a similar question, too.

      My blog shows all my posts in the home page.

      How can I set it up to show only one post and at the side a menu for the other posts?

      Wordpress blog:

      antoniosbonusandreviews.com

      Thank you.

      Sincerely,

      Antonios

      Wow... No offense. That's some crazy "tag" keyword stuffing LOL!
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    • Profile picture of the author LarryHaywood
      Originally Posted by Antonios View Post

      I am learning to use my blog, too.

      Had a similar question, too.

      My blog shows all my posts in the home page.

      How can I set it up to show only one post and at the side a menu for the other posts?

      Wordpress blog:

      antoniosbonusandreviews.com

      Thank you.

      Sincerely,

      Antonios
      I believe you would set that under Settings/Reading and then Blog pages show at most ? posts. Unless I am missing something....

      The side links to other post would be done under your Appearance / widgets section. You will find "recent posts" widget there. Add to your side bar. Hope his helps.
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    • Profile picture of the author davidmeeonline
      Originally Posted by Antonios View Post

      How can I set it up to show only one post and at the side a menu for the other posts?
      I think in settings/reading you can set it do display one post. Then use a widget or plugin to display the other posts in your sidebar however you like!

      Cheers
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