Title: Theme Option Not Working Properly
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Theme Option Not Working Properly

 *  Resolved [ReneeL66](https://wordpress.org/support/users/reneel66/)
 * (@reneel66)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-option-not-working-properly/)
 * I selected the option for “Show four of your latest posts in columns on your 
   home page.” under the options section but these posts are showing up on my blog
   page, not my home page.

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 *  [CrouchingBruin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crouchingbruin/)
 * (@crouchingbruin)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-option-not-working-properly/#post-4273017)
 * 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.
 *  Thread Starter [ReneeL66](https://wordpress.org/support/users/reneel66/)
 * (@reneel66)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-option-not-working-properly/#post-4273077)
 * Okay, thanks!
 *  Moderator [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/)
 * (@zoonini)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-option-not-working-properly/#post-4273084)
 * CrouchingBruin is correct. I’ll look into making that wording clearer – thanks
   for bringing it up.
 *  Thread Starter [ReneeL66](https://wordpress.org/support/users/reneel66/)
 * (@reneel66)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-option-not-working-properly/#post-4273085)
 * 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.
 *  Moderator [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/)
 * (@zoonini)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-option-not-working-properly/#post-4273094)
 * 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](http://codex.wordpress.org/Page_Templates)
 *  Thread Starter [ReneeL66](https://wordpress.org/support/users/reneel66/)
 * (@reneel66)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-option-not-working-properly/#post-4273104)
 * Thanks, I’ll take a look!

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