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1. relish1227
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hi. I am trying out Custom Pages Types.

   I have create a new one called "Home Page" -- because I want to have a way to add special fields to this type of page. I have created one page using this new Custom Type -- but it doesn't appear in the Settings > Reading Settings > Front Page dropdown. I would have expected that it would have, since I set its capability_type to "page."

   Any clues on how to allow this new page to be my home page?

   Thanks.

2. relish1227
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I guess one way to do it is to just create a home.php that pulls in the particular new page's content? Is this the best way to do this?

3. myaleigh
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Typically, what I do is create a new page template called front-page.php, create a new page titled "Home Page" under the default "Pages" panel then go to Settings > Reading > and select "Home Page" from the dropdown.

   Here's a link to WPBeginner.com's tutorial for creating a custom home page in case you want to read through what they do. And here's WP's page about the subject.

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