Title: Static home page issues
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Static home page issues

 *  [bmilliot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bmilliot/)
 * (@bmilliot)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-home-page-issues/)
 * I created a page to use as a static homepage based on a template. In it I have
   added code to show posts below the static content. I can see the page fine if
   I go to it directly
 * (here: [http://thewillowfarm.com/wordpressTEST/home-2](http://thewillowfarm.com/wordpressTEST/home-2/))
 * but it won’t display as the actual Home page that the “Home” link in the nav 
   bar links to.
 * [http://thewillowfarm.com/wordpressTEST/](http://thewillowfarm.com/wordpressTEST/)
 * Perhaps I over thought this approach, but would love to get it working.
 * Here’s the code for the template:
 *     ```
       <?php
       /*
        * Template Name: home
        */
       ?>
       <?php
   
       get_header(); ?>
   
       	<div id="content" role="main">
   
       <!-- PAGE -->
       		<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
       		<div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
                       <?php breadcrumb_trail(); ?>
       		<h2>
                         <?php
                             if (function_exists('ghpseo_output'))
                                    ghpseo_output('secondary_title');
                             else the_title();
                         ?>
                       </h2>
       			<div class="entry">
       				<?php the_content('<p class="serif">Read the rest of this page &raquo;</p>'); ?>
   
       				<?php wp_link_pages(array('before' => '<p><strong>Pages:</strong> ', 'after' => '</p>', 'next_or_number' => 'number')); ?>
   
       			</div>
       		</div>
       		<?php endwhile; endif; ?>
       	<?php edit_post_link('Edit this entry.', '<p>', '</p>'); ?>
       <!-- END PAGE -->
   
       <!-- POSTS -->
       <h1 id="whatsNew">What's New at The Willow Farm</h1>
   
       	<?php $temp_query = $wp_query; ?>
       	<?php query_posts("showposts=2"); ?>  
   
       	<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
       			<div <?php post_class() ?> id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
       				<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
       				<small><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> <!-- by <?php the_author() ?> --></small>
   
       				<div class="entry">
       					<?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry &raquo;'); ?>
       				</div>
   
       				<p class="postmetadata"><?php the_tags('Tags: ', ', ', '<br />'); ?> Posted in <?php the_category(', ') ?> | <?php edit_post_link('Edit', '', ' | '); ?>  <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments »', '1 Comment »', '% Comments »'); ?></p>
       			</div>
       	<?php endwhile; ?>
       <!-- END POSTS -->
   
       	</div><!-- END Content div -->
   
       <?php get_sidebar(); ?>
   
       <?php get_footer(); ?>
       ```
   

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 *  Thread Starter [bmilliot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bmilliot/)
 * (@bmilliot)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-home-page-issues/#post-1340354)
 * Can anyone figure why my static front page won’t show?

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