Posts page with no posts gives 404 error

  • Resolved Anonymous User

    (@anonymized-1391468)


    15 years, 6 months ago

    I have set up a static front page and a posts page using the reading settings. If there are no posts on the blog, the posts page is diverted to a 404 error page. This doesn’t seem correct to me – it should display the proper page with a “No posts yet” type of message. I have tested in both my current theme and the WordPress Default 1.6 theme.

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  • This is the way that WP has always worked. Put a dummy post in “Coming soon” or something.

    Thread Starter Anonymous User

    (@anonymized-1391468)

    I’d rather not put in a dummy post.

    I ended up creating a custom template for the posts page which does a query_posts call. I also removed the page from settings>reading>posts page. The page can now handle no posts more elegantly with a message rather than a 404 page.

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