WordPress has two primary ways of presenting content: POSTS and PAGES. What’s the difference between them, and what are they used for?
First off, a “blog” is a collection of posts. Posts are meant for dynamic, time-sensitive material: news updates, opinion pieces or other articles. They are usually organized chronologically by publication date. It’s fine for your blog to have as many posts as you like; they can evolve over time and can also be viewed or sorted by tags and categories.
Example of useful categories might be news, books or resources. Tags can be more specific, and can apply to posts in several different categories: Spirit of Prophecy, GC Convention or other event, youth or other age group, Sabbath, etc.
Blogging was the original function of WordPress, so it’s very well adapted to this way of presenting content.
In contrast, a web site is a collection of pages. (Some sites, but not all, may also contain blogs.) Pages are intended to present essential, “evergreen” content like ABOUT US, Contact, or Services. Unlike posts, pages don’t usually show a publication date, and aren’t meant for frequent updates. Pages are often organized by a site map: they can be hierarchical, in that one page may have several “children.” Pages do not have tags or categories.
To maximize your site’s effectiveness and friendliness, it is important to limit the number of pages–and to provide useful navigation menus that include routes to all or most pages.
To read more about posts and pages, you can check out this guide from WPBeginner here or explore Hostinger’s breakdown here. These sources provide a clear, non-technical perspective on when to use each type of content effectively.
