WordPress Posts & Pages Comparison: How To Use Them?
This article is part of the Beginner’s Guide To WordPress Series.
WordPress is a powerful content management tool that can manage any website, regardless of its size or scope. It can help you manage your blog, portfolio, photo gallery and product pages, forums, and anything else you can think of.
WordPress defaults with two content types: posts, and webpages. These are the differences between them and how you can use them.
Posts
Posts are the core of a blog. They are web pages, but they are always posted in reverse chronological sequence and tagged with data like tags to allow you to sort them later.
Add a New Post
Navigate to Posts in the sidebar, and click Add New. This will bring you to the post editor. This is where most of your time will be spent. In the title box, enter a name for your post. Below that is the text editor. Here you can either write your entire content or copy it from another document.
Once you’re happy with your text you can click Preview to view the final version of your post. You can click Save Draft if you have any questions or want to make some changes. This will save your current post and allow you to return to it later. Your post will be made public by clicking Publish.
WordPress offers many options for customizing your content. We will cover those in this post.
Trashing a Post
You can delete a page or post by simply placing it in the trash. This can be done in several ways. You can first click the Move To Trash button if you are working within a post or page.
To delete one post only, hover your cursor over that post or page. Click the Trash button that appears below the title.
You can also Bulk Select and Throw away by visiting Pages, then Bulk Selection all pages or posts and clicking the Move To Trash button in the drop-down menu.
You don’t have to worry if you delete an incorrect post. You’ll see the option to reverse the move at the top of your dashboard. You can delete items from the trash in 30 days. Or, you can delete them immediately by going into the Trash section and hovering over the item.
Each item has its own trash folder. This protects you from accidentally deleting it permanently. To restore an item, ensure you visit the correct trash folder.
Restoring a post
You can remove items from the trash without having to permanently delete them. You can view, restore, or permanently delete a post or page that you have placed in the trash by selecting Pages and then clicking the Trash button. This will display a list of items that you have put in the trash during the past 30 days. In 30 days, items in the trash are permanently deleted. You can delete an item from the trash by hovering your mouse over it. Or you can restore it to your dashboard’s pages or posts section for immediate use.
This page will list all items that you have put in the trash during the past 30 days. In 30 days, items in the trash are permanently deleted. You can delete an item from the trash by hovering your mouse over it.
Pages
You might think of pages as web pages. These pages are usually static and not linked to other pages chronologically. An About page is a good example.
Add New Pages
Click on the Pages link in your sidebar. Then click Create New. This tutorial only covers the title, text editor, as well as the publish module. has more information about page elements.
Create a title and click the tab to start your page. Here you will insert the content you wish to appear in the page’s body. Once you are happy with the contents of your page you can click preview in the right sidebar to see the layout of your new page. Click save
Once you’re satisfied with your page’s content, click Preview to see a preview of the page. You can also click Save Draft so you can later revise your layout or click Publish, and your content will be available on your website for immediate use.
Trashing a page
Simply place the post or page in the trash to be deleted. You can quickly click on the Move To Trash button in the published module to the right.
You can also move a page or post to the trash by visiting Pages, selecting All Pages or All Posts , and then selecting All pages. Next, place your cursor over the post/page. Click the Trash hyperlink that appears under the title.
You will see the option to undo the move at the top of your Dashboard. You will have the option to immediately undo the move.
Each item has its own trash folder. This protects you from accidentally deleting it permanently. To restore an item, ensure you visit the correct trash folder.
Restoring a page
Trash allows you to remove items from your computer without having them permanently deleted. You can view, restore, delete, or view a post or page that you have put in the Trash.
Select Pages or Posts from the Dashboard. Next, click the Trash button near the top. This will display a list of items that you have put in the Trash during the past 30 days. In 30 days, items left in the Trash are permanently deleted.
Clicking on an item in the Trash and hovering over it will allow you to either permanently delete it (so it won’t be seen again), or restore the item to your Dashboard’s Posts or Pages section for immediate use.
Next steps
You now have a better understanding of pages and posts. Now you can start to think about tags. Although they may seem small, being precise with these guys will help optimize your site for search engines as well as make it more user-friendly.
You can find the rest of the series here:
- Initial Settings Using The WordPress Dashboard
- How to Use WordPress Pages + Posts
- Introduction to Categories and Tags
- How to Use the WordPress Visual Editor
- Working with the WordPress Media Library
- Working with Images in WordPress
- Image placement in WordPress Visual Editor
- How to Use Menus in WordPress
- Working with widgets in WordPress
- Introduction to WordPress Themes
- Introduction to WordPress Plugins
- How to Keep WordPress Updated Easily
- Installing and Choosing Essential WordPress Plugins
