How to Create and set a Custom WordPress Homepage

WordPress has won the hundreds and thousand of users using it on a daily basis. Adding to the fact that it provides us with the platform to create any type of websites choosing from over thousands of templates and designs, it also gives us the option to create a custom landing page.

While most templates come with customization templates, you might come across some that don’t. Your WordPress site usually displays the list of latest posts of your blog by default. To change this, you can set a static homepage. We have created this step-by-step guide to help you create a custom homepage.

Step-By-Step to Create a Custom Homepage

First, login to your admin WordPress account and go to your dashboard.

To select an option of adding a New Page, Go to Pages > Add New and you can name this page “Home”.

This will lead you to a blank canvas where you can create any layout that you like. You can add shortcodes, graphics using different plugins available. After this, clicking on the Publish button on the right side to publish this.

Then, go to Settings > Reading After being redirected to it, select A Static Page on the first option. Select your new page that named “Home” from the Front Page drop down menu.

Click Save Changes to your custom homepage is ready.

Concluding it all, you are ready to Build and customize your own custom homepage. Try out different themes that might work for you! Hope this article helped!