Add Custom Content for Your Blog’s Index Page

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Most of the time we want our index page to the flashiest page on our site. A while ago I wanted to put a dynamic slideshow and special copy on my home page that wouldn’t show up on the rest of the site (and oversized, 2009-trendy intro header sentences written in first-person don’t count). It’s easy enough to do with plain ol’ CSS and HTML — even with the bulk of simple CMSs — but might be a bit more of a hassle with WordPress.

Never fear. It’s so much easier than you think. In fact, it’s so easy to add custom content for your index you’ll wonder why you didn’t do it before.

Ready? Here’s all the code you need for WordPress:

<? php
 if ( is_home() ) { include ('special_index_content.php'); }
?>

Now you can save your specialized content as ”special_index_content.php” (or ”Lafawnduh.php” for all I care) and you have an easy-to-update way to add custom content to your WP home page.