Getting posts onto a specific page

  • Resolved cnotes11

    (@cnotes11)


    10 years, 3 months ago

    I am trying to get posts categorized “blog” to show up on the “blog” page on my site. I have googled and seen this question asked/answered before. Watched youtube tutorials.

    Followed precisely the instructions and still posts will not populate on the correct page. I have checked the links and slugs and as far as I can tell they are matched correctly.

    Frustrating to be stuck on something that should be so simple. Can anyone help?

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  • Jamie

    (@codente)

    10 years, 3 months ago

    Are you wanting ONLY posts with assigned category of blog to show up on the Blog page? Is Blog page set to show posts in WordPress > Settings > reading?

    Thread Starter cnotes11

    (@cnotes11)

    10 years, 3 months ago

    Yes, I want all pages on the site to be static except for the blog page where new content can be added.

    I’m not sure what you mean. When I go to settings > reading all I see are options for what my front page displays and the number of posts a blog page would show?

    If you could clarify I’d really appreciate it

    Jamie

    (@codente)

    10 years, 3 months ago

    So do you have your front page set to show a static front page or the blog?

    In any case, you’d need to modify the loop if you ONLY want posts in the category blog to show up on the blog index.

    Thread Starter cnotes11

    (@cnotes11)

    10 years, 3 months ago

    Yes, my front page is set to show a static page.

    Right, how do I ‘modify the loop”?

    Jamie

    (@codente)

    10 years, 3 months ago

    Something like

    $query = new WP_Query( array( 'category_name' => 'blog' ) );

    Thread Starter cnotes11

    (@cnotes11)

    10 years, 3 months ago

    If its not obvious already… I am a complete beginner. What you wrote doesnt make sense to me. Where exactly would I add “$query = new WP_Query( array( ‘category_name’ => ‘blog’ ) )”

    I need things really dumded down. Thanks for your patience.

    Thread Starter cnotes11

    (@cnotes11)

    10 years, 2 months ago

    I figured out the problem on my own, thanks.

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