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Posted by razmig pulurian
razmig pulurian
Courses Plus Student 23,888 Points

Why does the 'home' page appear twice (once as a 'custom link' and again as a 'page') when customizing a primary menu?

When following the course to customize the primary menu, I noticed that my 'home' page appears twice in the list of available pages to select: once as a 'custom link' and once again as a 'page'. You can see this in the course video around the 1:00 mark.

I tried both and they both seem to lead to the same page when clicked. What is the difference between these two options? When would I use one over the other?

1 Answer

Luke Pettway
Luke Pettway
16,593 Points
Luke Pettway
Luke Pettway
16,593 Points

The reason why you are seeing two home page links is because WordPress has a default Home which can either go to the blog roll or any other page which is considered the home page. Since you created a page called Home, you could use either one so long as your static homepage is set as the front page: https://codex.wordpress.org/File:static_front_page_setting.png