Help for Beginner

1. Create a new page to design your new home page.
2. Use the Posts widget to place the latest post(s) where you want them, from whichever terms you choose. (Term is the operative word here as you’ll use it to begin filtering down to category, tag, etc. as needed).
3. No need to use the single post template at all. First of all, a single post template defines the design/style of single posts (full articles). It is not intended to be used within another page, nor can it be. It’s essentially a wrapper for a post.
4. Use the nav menu widget at the bottom of your page, or in a footer template.
5. Go to WordPress’s Settings > Reading to tell it that your new home page is now the home page.

Since you are using Elementor Pro, you’ll need to open a support ticket at my.elementor.com for all future questions. www.remarpro.com rules state that commercial products are not supported here.

Hi @zarp5512

I understand! It can get confusing sometimes but happy to help. You can achieve this in following two ways.

First Method:

1. Create your comic posts as you would create any other blog post (Dashboard > Posts > Add New)
2. Assign desired category to the posts (e.g. Comics)
3. Go to Dashboard > Settings > Reading
4. Set homepage display = latest posts. Blog posts to show = 1. In feed, show = Full text and save the settings (please see this image – https://imgur.com/a/P1DflKw)

This will show your latest posts on the homepage, with WP default pagination (page numbers) below the posts.

Note: Use this method if you have all posts assigned to one category (e.g. comics). If you have more than one category, the above method will show latest posts on home page from all categories.

If you have more than one category, see method 2 below. This method requires Elementor Pro.

Method 2:

1. Create your comic posts as you would create any other blog post (Dashboard > Posts > Add New)
2. Assign desired category to the posts (e.g. Comics)
3. Create a new page (Dashboard > Pages > Add New).
4. Name the page (e.g. Home). Click on Edit with Elementor.
5. From the left panel, drag ‘Posts’ element on to the page (see image – https://imgur.com/zjZFfzW)
6. The left panel will now open contextual settings. After completing ‘Layout’ settings, click on ‘Query’ settings.
7. In ‘ Query’ settings, set Source = Posts, Include by = Term, Term = start typing your category name (e.g. comics). Elementor will populate matching categories. (see image – https://imgur.com/Kim7foe)
8. You can add pagination by two ways (a) Click ‘Pagination’ seen below ‘Query’ settings to select pagination settings (see image – https://imgur.com/bppM8YT). (b) From the left panel, drag ‘Post Navigation’ element below the posts (see image – https://imgur.com/lkbTYa7). This will open the contextual settings for you to select your preferences.
9. Go to Dashboard > Settings > Reading
10. Set homepage display = Static Page. Select the page you created above as the staic page (please see this image – https://imgur.com/25d434g)

And now you will start seeing latest posts from specific category on the home page, with posts navigation bar below the posts.

Hope this helps you in bringing your wife’s webcomic to life. All the best!