Wordpress: create a custom home page

Question

I want to create a website using wordpress, but I want my website to have a customized home page, created by me, completely different from the theme of the site, and then link the wordpress pages directly from my page.

Is this possible? How can I achieve this? Can I simply create the page, and link the other created with the wordpress panel, without breaking everything?

Answer 1

According to official WordPress codex:

If a visitor goes to your home page at http://example.com/blog/, the following happens:

1. WordPress first determines whether it has a static front page. If a static front page has been set, then WordPress loads that page according to the page template hierarchy.
2. If a static front page has not been set, then WordPress looks for a template file called home.php and uses it to generate the requested page.
3. If home.php is missing, WordPress looks for a file called index.php in the active theme's directory, and uses that template to generate the page.

Therefore you just need to create a home.php template and place it with the other theme (which so ever theme you will use) templates and WordPress will automatically start using home.php template for the home page.

Answer 2

Just copy the default page.php template file and call it front-page.php. Change the configuration at the top of that file. Now create a new page called home.

Go to Administration > Settings > Reading panel and set a static front page.

For more help check this link on the Wordpress website:

https://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_a_Static_Front_Page

Answer 3

If you create HTML off your home page first than this is easy for you

First Create a file Like this "template-home.php" in your theme.

Now in "template-home.php" First you must write these lines at the top of the page

<?php
/* ==========
  Template Name: Home
  ========== */
?>

After that add your header.php and footer.php like this:

<?php get_header(); ?>

     // Your Content is here

<?php get_footer(); ?>

Now your Whole HTML is work between in Header and Footer

Then Go to your Admin Panel

Go to Pages > add new

and create a page named "Home"

NOTE: When you create a page Please Select a Template of Home and "Publish" it.

Then go to Settings > Reading and select "A static page (select below)" radio button, then a drop down is active and select your "Home" Page Then click on save changes.

I hope this will help you

Answer 4

You can create a front-page.php file in your active theme folder. It can be use for both Your latest posts or a static page as you want.