Title: Posts not populating the loop Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Posts not populating the loop * [jewessel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jewessel/) * (@jewessel) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-not-populating-the-loop/) * I have inherited a WP site & it’s custom theme. It is a bit wonky and I am trying to rebuild it here and there to take advantage of the The Loop. My problem is that I have a template with the loop in it, and it is not flowing the existing posts into it. I have read that other had success with re-caching, using a different theme, and turning off all plug-ins to see if that helped them narrow down the problem. I have tried all, to no avail. * My General>Reading settings are on “Front page displays: your latest posts” – although I’ve got a static front page, and I want the posts to appear on an internal page. * My template file is named page_about.php and I’ve listed the file below. I currently have content on the page that has been entered on the Page interface with the“ about” template activated. Here is the page: [http://friendskc.org/index.php/about/news-and-events/](http://friendskc.org/index.php/about/news-and-events/) * Can anyone help me figure out how to get the posts flowing in there so that we don’t have to enter information in posts and in pages? * Thanks!!! * _[Code moderated as per the [Forum Rules](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome). Please use the [pastebin](http://wordpress.pastebin.com/)]_ Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-not-populating-the-loop/#post-1919924) * > My General>Reading settings are on “Front page displays: your latest posts”– > although I’ve got a static front page, and I want the posts to appear on an > internal page. * Well, that’s wrong for a start… * Try setting up a [static front page](http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_a_Static_Front_Page) correctly first. * Thread Starter [jewessel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jewessel/) * (@jewessel) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-not-populating-the-loop/#post-1919930) * I tried changing that, and it is problematic, as the previous developer has built the front page as static html and it isn’t available to me as a page in the dropdown menu in the General>Reading settings. * Thread Starter [jewessel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jewessel/) * (@jewessel) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-not-populating-the-loop/#post-1919942) * Here’s the code if you need to see it: [http://wordpress.pastebin.com/8cdmPG1S](http://wordpress.pastebin.com/8cdmPG1S) * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-not-populating-the-loop/#post-1919949) * Convert the standalone html page into a custom page template, create a new page, apply the template and publish it. * Thread Starter [jewessel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jewessel/) * (@jewessel) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-not-populating-the-loop/#post-1919958) * Okay. I made a Home template, created a blank page & applied the Home template to it, then went in and set up the static page as Home and the Posts page as News & Events. That worked for the front page, but it also displayed the front page template on the News & Events page. * Arg! * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-not-populating-the-loop/#post-1919960) * What file name did you give to the new template? Your News & Events page will be using the theme’s index.php template file. * Thread Starter [jewessel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jewessel/) * (@jewessel) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-not-populating-the-loop/#post-1919976) * I named the homepage template “Home” and the filename is home.php The News & Events page is using the “about” template whose filename is page_about.php (you can see it in the pastebin). * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-not-populating-the-loop/#post-1919981) * **Don’t** call any page template `home.php`. That’s a reserved file name on some servers and it can cause all kinds of problems/confusion on some WP sites. If you rename it `front-page.php`, it will be applied to the site’s front page automatically. If you want to assign it manually, call it something like `homepage.php`. * Thread Starter [jewessel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jewessel/) * (@jewessel) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-not-populating-the-loop/#post-1919997) * I only have access to the files via the wp editor window. Can I create a new file via that editor? I guess I need to get their FTP info. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-not-populating-the-loop/#post-1920000) * I’d definitely ask for FTP login details. It’s always better to have it as a backup in case you make a mistake and the theme throws a fatal error. * Thread Starter [jewessel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jewessel/) * (@jewessel) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-not-populating-the-loop/#post-1920029) * Thanks for your help. I’ll post when I make some progress. 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