{"id":11769,"date":"2026-05-28T11:19:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/lits\/?page_id=11769"},"modified":"2026-05-28T11:37:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:37:00","slug":"pages-and-posts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/lits\/digital-scholarship\/domains-and-websites\/wordpress-basics\/use-wordpress\/pages-and-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"Pages and Posts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What You\u2019re Looking At\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Pages are usually used for static content such as:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Home<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">About<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Contact<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Portfolio<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Posts are usually used for time-based or blog content such as:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Weekly updates<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">News articles<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Blog entries<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Announcements<\/span><span 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data-contrast=\"auto\">Click Add New<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Use the block editor to add content such as:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">text<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">headings<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">images<\/span><span 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