A WordPress website can have a dynamic blog-like front page or a static front page which is used to show customized content. This is how you make your website have a static page.

1.In your Dashboard menu, go to “Settings” >> “Reading”:

Dashboard, located on the left, Setting option second from the bottom, with sub tab Reading highlighted, circled. 2. Under “Front page displays” choose “A static page”:

Reading Settings page with sections Front page Display, options Your latest posts or A Static page, circled.

3. Using the drop-down menu for “Front page,” choose the page you’d like to display as your home page:

Below option A static page, Front page drop box listing all current pages, About is highlighted, circled.

4. Click the “Save Changes” button at the bottom:

Reading Settings page, bottom Save Changes button, circled

5. Navigate back to the website by clicking the title or “Visit Site” tab at the top:

Websites name, Kiersten Greene, PhD, circled, sub tab Visit Site

6. You should now see the page you chose as your front, or home, page!:

Example of Published website