Download the index.php theme file to your local hard drive. Create a copy of the index.php and name it home.php. Upload the home.php theme file to your theme directory. Go to Reading Settings (Settings > Reading) page in the WordPress dashboard. Select the Your latest posts option and click on the Save Changes button. Any … Read more
You should deregister it. Add this function into your functions.php: add_action( ‘wp_enqueue_scripts’, ‘disqus_scripts’ ); function disqus_scripts() { if(is_front_page()) { wp_deregister_script(‘disqus_count’); } }
There are plugins for what you need. Give it a try: Wp Splash Page
Here’s a product loop I found: <ul class=”products”> <?php $args = array( ‘post_type’ => ‘product’, ‘posts_per_page’ => 12 ); $loop = new WP_Query( $args ); if ( $loop->have_posts() ) { while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post(); woocommerce_get_template_part( ‘content’, ‘product’ ); endwhile; } else { echo __( ‘No products found’ ); } wp_reset_postdata(); ?> </ul><!–/.products–> Maybe … Read more
You would use get_pages function or create custom query using WP_Query class. The codex pages have detailed descriptions of parameters for both functions. If this is a theme that you want to release for broader public you would probably want to create a theme options page where user sets the page that he wants to … Read more
Unless I misunderstood you, you don’t have to do anything at all. WordPress .htaccess rules should ignore any special handling of files that exist on the server, therefor your static files at the root should be served just fine.
You have to set the path in the action attribute of your form, e.g. <form action=”/my/form/page” method=”post”> … </form> If action is missing or empty it will send the form to the current page, if it is just “https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/” it will send it to the home page.
Try this <?php /** * The Header for our theme. * * Displays all of the <head> section and everything up till <div id=”content”> * * @package GovPress */ ?><!DOCTYPE html> <html <?php language_attributes(); ?>> <head> <meta charset=”<?php bloginfo( ‘charset’ ); ?>”> <meta name=”viewport” content=”width=device-width, initial-scale=1″> <title><?php wp_title( ‘|’, true, ‘right’ ); ?></title> <link rel=”profile” … Read more
No it would not be a viable solution. Never hard-code content like that. Assuming you have a slider, you should create a custom post type (or use a plugin like ACF to create a repeater field. Then you’d query a loop of either said posts or fields, and create the appropriate html markup. That way … Read more
Not enough reputation to comment, have you checked the home page settings in the admin? under settings->reading there is an option to set the homepage. per comments discussion was server caching