Difference Between Posts and Portfolio?

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    techbybeck7 · Member ·

    Can someone explain to me what exactly is the difference between posts and portfolio? I must be missing something, because I don’t see anything different between them, and I don’t seem to understand the setup/structure difference (if there is one.) To me, it looks like the same feature with two different names, which basically makes one redundant.

    From what I read on WordPress.com about it, portfolio is just ‘a specific type of post.’ Well… what makes it specific, and therefore different, from the common post? What is the benefit of a portfolio post that a regular post doesn’t have?

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  • aleone89 · Staff ·

    Hey there,

    Many thanks for reaching out and happy to help with this!

    Well… what makes it specific, and therefore different, from the common post? What is the benefit of a portfolio post that a regular post doesn’t have?

    So the first main difference is the post structure. For example, for a project/portflio you would have

    • examplesite.com/project/project-name-one
    • examplesite.com/project/project-name-two
    • …and so on.

    The other main difference is the theme templating for a portfolio – this may look different to a post to make it stand out.

    The last main difference is that, portfolios can have their own set of taxonomies (assigned types, categories, tags) which would not overlap with posts.

    I hope this is useful information thus far.

    Out of curiosity, what makes you want to ask this, maybe there’s some advice I can provide and guide you in the right direction of what you may need for the site. (To note, all of our pricing and plans can be seen here: https://wordpress.com/pricing/)

    Looking forward to hearing more!

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