In WordPress, posts page is the default home page. To set homepage as in our demo pages, there are two ways:

The first way is as follows:

• Create a home page by clicking Pages > Add New.
• Set the title of your home page.
• On the right side, under Page Attributes section, select Home in Template option.
• Once done, click on the Publish button to publish the page.
• Then, on your WordPress dashboard, navigate to Appearance > Customize > Homepage Settings.
• Check on A static page option.
• Select the home page that you’ve created for option Homepage.
• Then click on the Publish button.

The second way is as follows:

• Create a home page by clicking Pages > Add New.
• Set the title of your home page.
• Once done, click on the Publish button to publish the page.
• Then, on your WordPress dashboard, navigate to Appearance > Customize > Homepage Settings.
• Check on A static page option.
• Select the home page that you’ve created for option Homepage.
• Check on Enable Homepage Content option.
• Then click on the Publish button.

Configure Front Page Widgets And Settings.

The front page consists of four sections which are as follows:

• Home Top News Area
• Home Middle News Area
• Home Bottom News Area
• Video News Section

Home Top News Area, Home Middle News Area, and Home Bottom News Area are managed via widgets. Navigate to Appearance > Widgets and add widgets to those news areas to display your content.

To configure Frontpage sections, navigate to Appearance > Customize > Frontpage. Here, you’ll find settings to customize the above-mentioned sections.

Configure Video News Section

The Video News Section is displayed between the Home Middle News Area and Home Bottom News Area. The content of this section comes from the posts with Post Format of Video.

Follow the instructions below to configure Video News Section.

• On your WordPress dashboard, navigate to Appearance > Customize > Frontpage > Video News Section.
• Enable option Enable Video Section to display Video News Section on Frontpage.
• After enabling the Video News Section, the following options will be available:
  • Select Video Layout – There are two video layouts for Video News Section. The first layout is slider layout and the second is a grid layout. Select any one as you like.
  • Video Section Title – Set the title of the video news section with this option.
  • Video Section Post Categories – Select categories whose posts you want to display in Video News Section.
  • Video Section Posts Number – Set the number of posts you want to display.
  • Enable Post Categories Meta – Enabling this option, post categories meta will be displayed.
  • Background Type – Set either color or image background of the Video News Section with this option.

How to set video post format for a post?

When creating or editing a post, on the right side, under the Document section, you’ll find the Post Format option. There are six different post formats. For the video news section, set the Post Format to Video.

Note: Videos will be displayed in the Video News Section if there is a video embedded in post content, otherwise featured image will be displayed.