Changing what the home page displays

- As I explained in the very beginning of this course,…many people still think of WordPress primarily…as a blogging platform.…I think this is in part due to the fact that…when you setup a new WordPress site…like we've done in this course,…the front page automatically displays the most recent post…which are typically understood as the blog.…But it doesn't have to be that way.…In fact, for most of the sites I've built for clients,…the blog is just a small part of the overall site…and it's relegated to its own Menu item.…The front page is a custom page…with specific content designed just for that page.…

So how do we go about changing what the front page displays.…Well, if you've been paying close attention,…you would have noticed that the last option…in the Customizer is called Static Front Page…and that's where we need to go now.…If you open the Static Front Page option,…you'll see in WordPress, you can choose…what displays on your front page.…Either your latest post or the blog or a static page.…Now, if you choose to display a static page,…