How to remove the default home page in WordPress. I remember when I was a WordPress newbie, I would have two home pages, this was an area that had me scratching my head
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A few wordpress newbie friends of mine wanted to know how to do this and here it is
You will need to edit the header php file of your theme and remove this piece of code similar to the code you see in green, (Note it may be slightly different depending on your theme
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It will remove the default home page link from the navbar.
Before your do this make a copy of your header php file just in case you make a mistake.
You should then to go to: Settings > Reading and set your ‘Front page displays‘ option to ‘A static page‘ Front Page: Home.
Hope that helps.



Hi!
Just like to say thanks for sharing ‘ How to remove the default home page in WordPress’ . I am a newbe to wordpress and still learning.
Many thanks
dean
Hi Dean, I hope you found it useful. WordPress is great so I hope you enjoy exploring it.
Hi.. thanks for sharing your knowlege …. but actually I would need a bit more of help from you.. The problems is that an just building a site and I just am trying to delete the default page from my theme… but just can figure out how to do it.. and i tried to follow ur steps but couldnt find any entry named “home” on my heme’s t header.php..
… thanks in advance
Hope you could help me
Hi,
How do I change the title “Studio Blue” from my WordPress Elegant template? I want to change it to the name of my website, which is “Concord Bridge Consulting”
Thanks
Send me the link of your website so that I can see exactly what you’re talking about.
Hi .. this is so helpful. The problem I am having is that I do not know where to go to locate the edit the header php file of my theme and remove this piece of code. I am using the theme “mantra.” Thank you for any advice you can provide. Phoebe