{"id":629,"date":"2010-08-11T13:43:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-11T17:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.middlebury.edu\/wordpress\/?p=629"},"modified":"2023-07-03T12:57:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T12:57:46","slug":"pages-vs-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/segueproject.org\/wordpress-docs\/2010\/08\/11\/pages-vs-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"Pages vs Posts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/segueproject.org\/wordpress-docs\/files\/2010\/08\/wp-doc-pages-posts01.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-646 alignleft\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;margin-bottom: 30px\" src=\"http:\/\/segueproject.org\/wordpress-docs\/files\/2010\/08\/wp-doc-pages-posts01.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 50px\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/segueproject.org\/wordpress-docs\/files\/2010\/08\/pages.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-998\" src=\"http:\/\/segueproject.org\/wordpress-docs\/files\/2010\/08\/pages.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a>Many people new to WordPress are not sure of the difference between posts and pages and when to use each. \u00a0Posts are dated and listed in reverse chronological order on your blog&#8217;s main page. \u00a0Posts can be tagged and categorized.<\/p>\n<p>Pages are not dated, cannot be tagged and are not displayed on your blogs main page. \u00a0Instead a link to every page on your site can be displayed in your blog&#8217;s sidebar (using the Pages widget). \u00a0Pages can be ordered hierarchically. \u00a0When they are, your sidebar will display sub-pages below the page that is their parent. \u00a0(see a list of the pages of this blog in the right sidebar)<\/p>\n<p>For courses sites, it is recommended that instructors use pages for most information about the course, such as the course description, syllabus, schedule, requirements&#8230; etc. \u00a0 Use posts on course sites for announcements and discussion.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the difference between posts and pages, see:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.support.wordpress.com\/post-vs-page\/\">WordPress.com &gt; Support &gt; Posts vs Pages<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Permanent Link: Creating Content in WordPress: Posts vs. Pages\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/wordpresstraining.com\/videos\/blogging\/creating-content-in-wordpress-posts-vs-pages\/\">Creating Content in WordPress: Posts vs. Pages<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/lorelle.wordpress.com\/2007\/09\/18\/are-you-abusing-your-wordpress-pages-and-your-blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Are You Abusing Your WordPress Pages \u2013 and Your\u00a0Blog?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many people new to WordPress are not sure of the difference between posts and pages and when to use each. \u00a0Posts are dated and listed in reverse chronological order on your blog&#8217;s main page. \u00a0Posts can be tagged and categorized.&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/segueproject.org\/wordpress-docs\/2010\/08\/11\/pages-vs-posts\/\" class=\"continue-reading\">More &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4630],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/segueproject.org\/wordpress-docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/segueproject.org\/wordpress-docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/segueproject.org\/wordpress-docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/segueproject.org\/wordpress-docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/segueproject.org\/wordpress-docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/segueproject.org\/wordpress-docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1278,"href":"https:\/\/segueproject.org\/wordpress-docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629\/revisions\/1278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/segueproject.org\/wordpress-docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/segueproject.org\/wordpress-docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/segueproject.org\/wordpress-docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}