Hi,
I’d like to create a section on the homepage of my WordPress site that has links which point to recent news articles from around the web (they are not posts on my site). What is the recommended way of doing this?
Thanks
Hi,
It all depends on how you want it to look, or what exactly it should contain. There are many text elements which can be used, also there are many text with images. Check the multi-purpose section in the tagDiv composer
– https://www.screencast.com/t/D6rHUF1q
Blocks and grids will only display posts, but there are many other elements that you can use to display simple text links. Try different items and pick the one you like.
Thanks
Thanks. So if I wanted a section on my homepage that lists current news from around the web, I would have to edit the page each time?
Is there a more efficient way to do this (in the same way it’s easy to do with posts)?
If the links lead to actual articles, then you would have to edit the elements and keep replacing them. But if the links would maybe lead to category pages which keep refreshing and displaying new content or pages that have dynamic content, then you would not have to make any changes to the links. So it all depends on where the link leads.
Thanks. Sounds like it’s not something WordPress can do out of the box without some sort of plug-in. I’ll look around.
Thanks for your reply.
Here’s an example plug-in I found that may do the trick:
External Content
https://wordpress.org/plugins/external-content/
In addition, I think I can do the same thing as above using Types:
https://wp-types.com/home/types-manage-post-types-taxonomy-and-custom-fields/
