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Pages Vs. Posts

Duration 30 mins Audience Users Experience Level Beginner


Instruction Type Exercises, Lecture

In this lesson, you will learn the difference between a page and a post. You will also learn how to know which
to use and where to add and edit them. This lesson plan will walk you through the differences between posts
and pages; covering how to work with them both in WordPress.

Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
Recognize that pages are static.
Recognize that posts are dynamic.
Recall when to use posts and when to use pages.

Prerequisite Skills
You will be better equipped to work through this lesson if you have experience in and familiarity with:
The WordPress Dashboard.

Assets
A WordPress site for practicing
Theme unit test data to import for example site
Link to lipsum.com
Include an image to upload for a featured image or find one from http://placekitten.com/
Screening Questions
Have you worked with WordPress or another content management system before?
Have you ever run a blog?
How are your writing skills?

Teacher Notes
You will be using the image uploader in this lesson, but not going into depth on a lot of the media
features WordPress offers. A future lesson will go over this.
For this project you will copy and paste dummy content from lipsum.com. This makes the process of
creating test pages and posts faster. It’s advised you explain to students the concept of “dummy content”
in the development process.
The teacher should have access to the post editor and page editor, either installed locally or on a remote
server. This editor should be visible to all students.
Optionally, students should have access to their Editors, either installed locally or on a remote server.
Instructions to the teacher are shown in square brackets.

Hands-on Walkthrough

Introduction
Today we are going to learn the differences between posts and pages. Although they look very similar, they
each have unique functions. A post is dynamic, meaning it can be used and shown in many different ways (in
a blog page, shared on social media, etc). A page is static, meaning that once you make it, the page stays in
one spot until you physically change it. The best way to see the differences is to play around with both posts
and pages.

Log in to Your Site


Before you can create posts and pages, you need to log in to your site. Do this by entering the following in the
web browser address bar: yourwebsite.com/wp-admin (Replace “yourwebsite.com” with the actual URL of
your website.) Enter your username and password. You can check the “remember me” box if you will be using
the same (non-public) computer to return to the website later and want to be logged in automatically. If this
box is checked, your browser keeps you logged in for 14 days. If unchecked, you’ll be logged out when you
close the browser or after two days. If you don’t remember your password, click the “Lost your password?”
link below the form. Enter your username or email address and you will receive a link to create a new
password via email.

Practice Adding Posts


Now it’s time to add a post. To add a post to your site, you can select “New” from the admin bar at the top.
You can also go to Dashboard>Posts>Add New. Take a moment to explore the publishing options. You can
publish immediately, schedule a post or even password-protect a post. If you only want part of your post
showing on social media and on your main blog page, insert the the more tag as you edit your post. Your post
will have a unique url. Notice how it says post-title in the following
example? Ex: http://yourwebsite.wordpress.com/date/post-title/ (The actual path will depend on your settings
under Settings>Permalinks.)

Practice Adding Pages


When you are comfortable making a post, try creating a page. To add a page to your site, you can select “New”
from the admin bar at the top. You can also go to Dashboard>Pages>Add New. Check out your publishing
options on this page. Also note how the unique url is shown for pages by using page-title. For example:
http://yourwebsite.wordpress.com/page-title/ .

Similarities Between Posts and Pages


Open your new post and your new page so they are side-by-side. Show how both have the following options:
Title
Content
Add Media
Add Contact Form
Discussion Options
Sharing Options
Featured Image
Privacy Settings

Things Unique to Pages


Notice how pages are static and are not listed by date. They don’t have tags or categories, and you can change
the template. You can use a menu to make your pages stand out for readers, or you can use the pages
widget. Some themes show pages in tabs at the top of a blog. Here are some popular uses for pages:
Category Page
Contact Page
About Page
Home Page

Things Unique to Posts


As discussed earlier, posts are a bit different from pages. Check out how your posts can be found in archives,
categories, recent posts, various widgets and RSS feeds of your blog. There are also different ways of showing
posts. For example, you can create a sticky post, which means that the post will show before all other posts.
You can also limit the number of posts shown by going to Dashboard>Reading>Settings.
Exercises
Add a Post Learn how to create a blog post by selecting the proper tools and using Lorem Ipsum to add
content.
Create a post.
Give the post a title.
Fill the post with content using Lorem Ipsum.
Add a Featured Image.
Choose tags and categories.
Choose which privacy setting you want for your post and explain why.
Schedule the post to go out five minutes from now. [Or whatever time frame is desired – enough so you
can see it published before class is over]
Check blog page to note post is not there.
Check again after the “published” time to see post live.
**Bonus – go back into the post and make it sticky.
Add a Page Learn how to create a blog page by selecting the proper tools and using Lorem Ipsum to add
content.
Create a page.
Give the page a title.
Fill the page with content using Lorem Ipsum.
Add a featured image.
Choose which privacy setting you want for your page and explain why.
Publish the page.
**Bonus – add your page to a site menu.

Quiz
A post is which of the following?
1. Static
2. Dynamic
Answer: 2. Dynamic
A page is which of the following?
1. Static
2. Dynamic
Answer: 1. Static
Can pages have tags?
Answer: No.
By default, pages are displayed in reverse-chronological order on the site, one on top of the other.
1. True
2. False
Answer: 2. False. Posts are shown in reverse chronological order. Not pages.
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Assets
Use one or more of the following themes in your demos:
Twenty Twelve theme
Twenty Thirteen theme
Twenty Fourteen theme
Twenty Fifteen theme
Twenty Sixteen theme
Twenty Seventeen theme

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