Static Home page doesn't load

  • Resolved Aprillicus

    (@aprillicus)


    12 years, 8 months ago

    Hello, I am new to WordPress. I have a single page static website hosted with Host Monster that I want to use WP to rebuild. I have created and set a static home page via the Admin>Settings>Reading, however, when I click to view the home page I created with WP, the original index.html page loads. How do I reset so the home page I created with WP loads.

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  • Is index.html the default index.html that came loaded on your server when you first purchased a plan with Host Monster? If so, you can simply delete that file from your server!

    The way the server finds the homepage is this: first, it looks at its own server settings to see which names/filetypes are set as valid home page names/types. Usually, servers are set to look for index.html, then index.php, and then maybe things like home.html. Some hosting providers allow you to change these settings.

    WordPress requires that the server loads its index.php page. If the server instead loads a different page, WordPress will essentially be ignored completely.

    Thread Starter Aprillicus

    (@aprillicus)

    Great, that was it. Thanks so much!

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