Set search page as site's home

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Last updated by Shane 6 years ago.

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November 15, 2018 at 6:42 pm #1147347

kjetilF

Hi
I'd just need to display a search page as the site's home page:
hidden link should be hidden link (and the existing home page will be taken out of service)
- Since hidden link is not a proper "page" I cannot switch this in wordpress > settings > reading
- And, as I understand the instructions to alter the WordPress > Settings > General > WordPress address here https://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory - it wouldn't be correct to set the wp adress as .../house here
Or is it that simple?
I haven't tried because altering this setting may take down the site...
Thanks,
Kjetil

November 15, 2018 at 7:33 pm #1147367

Shane

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Hi Kjetil,

Thank you for contacting our support forum.

This can actually be done by going to Settings -> Reading.

Please let me know if this helps.
Thanks,
Shane

November 18, 2018 at 7:20 pm #1148714

kjetilF

Thanks for coming back to me, Shane
Sorry, I can't see any way to do that there. As I wrote initially:
<quote>
- Since hidden link is not a proper "page" I cannot switch this in wordpress > settings > reading
</quote>
To my understanding, that "page" is a Toolset Layout. Right or not, it doesn't appear in the selectable page dropdown list in WP > Settings > Reading - see
hidden link
Could you please elaborate?
Thanks,
Kj

November 19, 2018 at 3:11 pm #1149239

Shane

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Hi Kjetil,

You are correct.

I checked and it seems the only way to do this is by using some form of custom code.
hidden link

Or you can create a view, that will list the contents on ONLY the post that you want to display and then add that view to a page and set that page as the homepage.

This should work just as well.

Thanks,
Shane