Such a Simple WordPress Mistake!

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D'oh!

I just had a "D'oh" moment (in reference to Homer Simpson).

I just realized that I never set up my blog page on my website. Consequently, my blog posts were only showing up in the right hand column under "Recent Posts."

I had forgotten to choose a Post Page in my WordPress administrative menu when I set up my website 2 years ago!


So I updated the Settings/Reading by adding the Posts page "Blog" and updating my website navigation menu to include the Blog page.

Success!

What a simple, but profound mistake on my part considering I have been using WP for 10+ years.

D'oh!

I hope someone else learns from my mistake!

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I am currently using my blog roll, but want to move to a static page soon. This is a good reminder. Thanks for sharing Glen

I am glad it helped, Rika. :)

Everyone learns when members share mistakes. Thanks
Debbie

You are welcome, Debbie. We all make mistakes. So we all have the chance to learn from them.

Very brave of you to admit something like that just to help others. Thanks for being so considerate.

Thank you for the kind words, Jeannine.

Sometimes we can overlook the simplest of things. LOL.

Truth. :)

Glen, do you mean that you connected all your blog posts from your profile to your website? Wasn't aware we could do that. Carol

No, I am referring to my blog posts on my website. I have a static page for my homepage. So I need to have a post page to display blog posts.

Oh, I see. Thanks for the clarification. Carol

Blimey, you probably missed some chances:( Glad you fixed it, better late than never

Nothing like 2 years late! I was looking for a post I did awhile ago and couldn't find it. This is when I realized I did not have a posts page.

I think we all will!

It's the simple things that we seem to screw up, isn't it? Good thing you caught it!

My best,

Laurel

Thanks for commenting, Laurel. I think I tend to overlook the simple stuff.

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