How do I set up my posts overview?

Two ways

You have two ways to display your posts:

• The posts page. WordPress automatically creates a blog overview from one page, with all posts, newest first. You set that below.
• A custom page with Highlight. You build a regular page with sections and place the block Highlight in, set to posts. Enable Apply pagination if there are many posts. This gives you more freedom in formatting. See show latest posts with Highlight.

Choosing the posts page

1. Create a blank page, for example “Blog” or “News”, and publish it.
2. Go to Settings → Reading.
3. Choose at Your homepage displays the option A static page (if it isn’t already set).
4. Choose your page “Blog” at Posts page.
5. Click Save Changes.

All your posts will now appear on that page. What you place in the editor of that page will not be shown: the posts take the space.

Pagination or a Load more button

If you have many posts, they will be spread over multiple pages. You choose how visitors navigate further:

1. Go to General options and open the tab Filter.
2. Click on Pagination option per post type and click Add new option.
3. Choose Post type the option Post.
4. Choose at Pagination option: Pagination (page numbers at the bottom, the default) or Load more button (a button that loads the next posts below the current ones).
5. Click Update.

You set how many posts appear at a time under Settings → Reading.

A sidebar

Next to the overview, there can be a sidebar with, for example, your categories, a search field, or your latest posts. You fill that under Widgets, in the widget area Post archive sidebar. If you leave that area empty, there will be no sidebar. See filling the footer or a sidebar with widgets.

A builder below the overview

Below your posts, you can place a fixed section, such as a newsletter block or a contact section. You first create that section as a builder (see what builders and patterns are). Then open your posts page in the editor; there you will find the field Blog archive outro builder: “If you want to display a builder at the bottom of the blog archive page, select the corresponding builder here.” Choose your builder and click Update.

Having trouble?

• Your posts page does not show your own text. That’s correct: on the posts page, the posts take the space. Use the outro builder or create your own page with Highlight.
• The Load more button does not appear. There may be fewer posts than fit on one page. Or the option is set for a different post type than Post.
• The sidebar is empty or missing. Place widgets in Post archive sidebar.
• The field Blog archive outro builder is not there. It only appears on the page selected as Posts page in Settings → Reading.

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