I think the labeling is a little misleading. When it says “on your home page,” it actually means on your blog page. I think the developer probably assumed that most users would set their home page up to be a blog page rather than a static page. By definition, a static page does not show posts. So by choosing that option, instead of your blog page showing all of the posts in one long vertical sequence, it will show the four latest posts in four columns, with the rest of the posts following underneath as usual.
CrouchingBruin is correct. I’ll look into making that wording clearer – thanks for bringing it up.
Okay, you’re welcome Kathryn. It would be good if I could put them on the Home page, that’s what I wanted to do.
Gotcha. That’s not what this theme does, but if you’re comfortable with child themes and PHP, you could always code up a new page template that accomplishes what you’re after. It would require a bit of coding work though.
Here’s a guide to custom page templates in case you’d like to explore that route:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Page_Templates
Thanks, I’ll take a look!
