Title: Customize Posts Page
Last modified: July 2, 2020

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# Customize Posts Page

 *  [mmesford](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mmesford/)
 * (@mmesford)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-posts-page-3/)
 * I would really like to use a static Home Page and display one or two recent posts
   there. But it seems that isn’t an option. So how can I customize the Posts page
   so that there is content (e.g. a mission statement) at the top that never moves?
    -  This topic was modified 5 years, 10 months ago by [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/).
      Reason: Moved to Fixing WordPress, this is not an Everything else WordPress
      topic
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   to see the link]_

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 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-posts-page-3/#post-13061024)
 * Some themes have ways to choose things on the home page. You can make a child
   theme with a Page template for that, but it’s probably easiest to get a plugin
   for either a block or shortcode or widget that shows posts in a way you like.
   
   I think that would be better than making a child theme and changing the index.
   php or home.php to show some static content, although you could change it so 
   it has a widget area which you can then put whatever you want into.
 *  Thread Starter [mmesford](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mmesford/)
 * (@mmesford)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-posts-page-3/#post-13061066)
 * Thanks Joy!

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 * Last reply from: [mmesford](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mmesford/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-posts-page-3/#post-13061066)
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