Can’t rename the default Home Page

Hi,

The Manage Page area lists only those pages you created in WordPress. The home page is by default a dynamically-generated page of your latest posts.

To do this, by default the home.php file will be loaded when visitors access your home page. If that file is not available in your theme folder, then WordPress runs the index.php file.

Alternatively, you can specify a static page as your home page by selecting Settings – Reading in the WordPress Admin panel and selecting A static page radio button. From the drop-down list box, you will need to select one of the pages you created (i.e. pages that would be listed on the Manage Page area) to serve as your site’s home page.

You don’t mention whether it is the name of the page (i.e. what appears in the web browser title bar) or the URL itself that you would like to rename.

All the best.
Vaughan

Just to add a point, some themes ‘hard-code’ a Home link in the header.php that just is a link to your blog.

Hiya,

How about changing the name of the “Home” page – say for example, I wanted the link to appear as “Blog” rather than “Home”, and move it further down the menu list?

Any ideas?

Unless I’m misunderstanding, it looks like there is already a response to your question about changing the page name.

You can change the order of your menu links in Manage Pages. The tedious manual way is to go into each page and set it’s order the Page Order arrow near the bottom of the page.

A much easier way to do it is to grab one of the page/link order plugins, which makes this process much easier ?? I like “My Page Order” for one.

MC