Migrating home.php to index.php that can use Visual Editor

  • We have been using WordPress for our municipal website since 2008 and I would love to be able to edit the homepage using the WordPress editor “Edit Page” (Visual/Text) rather than editing the home.php code through Editor. Any recommendations on how to port the material and use the more contemporary approach?

    Here is the website: https://www.bradfordnh.org.

    Thanks for any help you might provide!

    Andrew

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  • Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    It better to use plain text editor for editing files like home.php

    Thread Starter sleightly

    (@sleightly)

    On this site, https://troublewit.net/, I can edit the home page with the “Edit Page” option (when I am logged in I see a button to edit the page). On this site. https://bradfordnh.org/, I can’t. I am forced to edit using the Theme Editor. What is the difference between the two? And how can I migrate the latter so it behaves like the former?

    Thread Starter sleightly

    (@sleightly)

    I get that you need a text editor to edit php files; I don’t get how to change the bradford site to be more like the troublewit site…

    Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    Are both sites:
    On same server?
    Same settings?
    Same theme?
    Same plugins?
    Same WP version?

    Thread Starter sleightly

    (@sleightly)

    Same server. Same settings (mostly). Not the same theme (bradford is Twenty Eleven; troublewit is K2). Mostly the same plugins. Same WP version.

    Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    Same settings (mostly). Not the same theme (bradford is Twenty Eleven; troublewit is K2)

    This could be the reason.

    Try using the sane theme on both, and see if that helps. If it does not, I suggest discussing this with your hosting provider.

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