I’m drawing entirely from this post, which I have updated for 3.1.6 below. It should work as expected in future versions, but you might want to keep an eye on it.
Credits to @acub.
First, you need to set up your front page in Customiz’it so that it contains the blog posts. Use Dashboard > Settings > Reading to change the number you want on the font page.
Then set up an empty page called “Blog” or “News”, whatever. This is where we will show the full set of blog posts.
When you show your blog page at this point, it just shows a blank page.
You will need a child theme for the next step. Create a file as follows:
<?php
/*
* Template Name: My Extra Blog Page
* @package Customizr
* @since Customizr 3.1.6
*/
?>
<?php do_action( '__before_main_wrapper' ); ##hook of the header with get_header ?>
<div id="main-wrapper" class="<?php echo tc__f( 'tc_main_wrapper_classes' , 'container' ) ?>">
<?php do_action( '__before_main_container' ); ##hook of the featured page (priority 10) and breadcrumb (priority 20)...and whatever you need! ?>
<div class="container" role="main">
<div class="row">
<?php do_action( '__before_article_container'); ##hook of left sidebar?>
<!-- NEXT LINE INSERTED FOR BLOG PAGE (1 of 2) -->
<?php query_posts('post_type=post&post_status=publish&posts_per_page=10&paged='. get_query_var('paged')); ?> <!-- ADDED LINE -->
<div id="content" class="<?php echo tc__f( '__screen_layout' , tc__f ( '__ID' ) , 'class' ) ?> article-container">
<?php do_action ('__before_loop');##hooks the header of the list of post : archive, search... ?>
<?php if ( tc__f('__is_no_results') || is_404() ) : ##no search results or 404 cases ?>
<article <?php tc__f('__article_selectors') ?>>
<?php do_action( '__loop' ); ?>
</article>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php if ( have_posts() && !is_404() ) : ?>
<?php while ( have_posts() ) : ##all other cases for single and lists: post, custom post type, page, archives, search, 404 ?>
<?php the_post(); ?>
<?php do_action ('__before_article') ?>
<article <?php tc__f('__article_selectors') ?>>
<?php do_action( '__loop' ); ?>
</article>
<?php do_action ('__after_article') ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php endif; ##end if have posts ?>
<?php do_action ('__after_loop');##hook of the comments and the posts navigation with priorities 10 and 20 ?>
</div><!--.article-container -->
<!-- NEXT LINE INSERTED FOR BLOG PAGE (2 of 2) -->
<?php wp_reset_query(); ?>
<?php do_action( '__after_article_container'); ##hook of left sidebar ?>
</div><!--.row -->
</div><!-- .container role: main -->
<?php do_action( '__after_main_container' ); ?>
</div><!--#main-wrapper"-->
<?php do_action( '__after_main_wrapper' );##hook of the footer with get_get_footer ?>
What is this? Basically it is the standard template (index.php) with the addition of two lines:
- Just before the content, you query the WP databse to get the published posts (in this case 10 per page — change the number if you want)
- Just after the content, you reset the query.
Save this in your child-theme’s folder as blog.php.
Caveat:
I’m not a programmer. I note that the use of query_posts() is discouraged in the Codex (though the above code follows the recommendations in the Codex to avoid any consequences). Not being a programmer, I cannot adapt the two lines above to the recommended methods. Perhaps someone with more programming knowledge could help out.
Now edit the blog page (reload it if it was already open) and change the template for the page to “My Extra Blog Page”.
You should now have your result.
(If this template doesn’t act as expected in future releases, you can recreate it the way I did above, taking the index.php and adding those 2 lines in the right place.)
