Should I use PAGE or POST?

  • I am running an e-commerce site. How should I distinguish between posts and fixed pages?

    I’ve often seen it explained that the company profile, privacy policy, etc. are fixed pages. Should I use PAGE for non-fluid main product pages, product usage pages, etc.? I think PAGE should be used for main content that is not looped, but rather placed in the global menu or sub-menus, where it does not matter when it was written.

    However, considering the possibility of hierarchy (Product A/How to use/Pinpoint usage), I am wondering if it would be better to use a post page.

    – /products/houtouse/pinpoint-usage-a
    – /products/houtouse/pinpoint-usage-b
    – /products/houtouse/pinpoint-usage-c
    – /design/photoshop/aaa
    – /design/photoshop/bbb
    – /design/photoshop/ccc

    In case you are wondering, we are now configuring it directly in the template file as category-xxx.php (I regret this choice as it was a mistake). Also, the permalink is “/post_id/” so that no hierarchy is attached when a category is set for a post.

    I would appreciate any advice you can give me.
    Best regards.

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  • I am running an e-commerce site. How should I distinguish between posts and fixed pages?

    If you’re using a plugin for your e-commerce site (eg Woocommerce), the plugin will create its own custom post type (along with its own custom categories, custom tags, etc)… which will be neither POST nor PAGE.

    So how are you building this “e-commerce” site?

    If you’re not using an e-commerce plugin, you should really re-consider your decision, as the e-commerce plugin will give you a whole lot of e-commerce features out of the box: shopping cart, inventory management, checkout process, payment gateway, order notifications, order management, etc.

    Thread Starter tri3shnyirl5a3f

    (@tri3shnyirl5a3f)

    Thanks for the reply.

    The site does not use any plugins for EC, and the dynamic pages required for EC, such as order forms, are built in Laravel, separated by subdomains. So WordPress consists only of static pages.

    (Order form) order.hoge.com (Laravel)
    (Other pages) https://www.hoge.com (WordPress)

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