I had this same problem, and mbeebee’s solution worked for me too. It would be great if this page had a bit more clarification about how templates are used for the Front Page and the Posts Page.
For example:
Title the second one as “Blog” (or you could call it “News”, “Articles”, etc.). This page will be a place-holder for showing the Posts on your site.
- Custom Page templates will not work for this page! This page will automatically use the index.php template. (Note: if your static home page uses a custom template file named home.php, this page will use it as well, due to template hierarchy rules, and will not display your posts.)
- DO NOT add content to the Blog Page. Leave it blank. Any content here will be ignored — only the Title is used.
- Publish the Page.
Worked great! Thanks for following through on this.
Another step:
2a. Admin > Settings > Miscellaneous
Update the path to the uploads folder
