I erased my index page due to colliding URLs…

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  themartiangeek · Member · Sep 10, 2021 at 6:41 pm

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  I recently added a welcome page to my WordPress site, which includes links to various other sections of it that were previously accessible from the bottom of the site, such as specific content categories, as well as an index with links to every post on the site. Unfortunately, the URL for that page ended in /index/, which seems to be hardcoded to an archive of all previous posts when you have a welcome page, so I can no longer access the old page. Do I have to remake the entire thing (with a different URL such as /postindex/ or something), or can I get it back somehow?

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Sep 10, 2021 at 10:46 pm

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  The issue is that your Index page is set as your blog page, so it will just list your posts: https://wordpress.com/support/pages/front-page/#step-3-create-a-blog-page-optional

  If you undo that, it will return to normal.

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  themartiangeek · Member · Sep 10, 2021 at 11:23 pm

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  Oh, I see. That works.

  Though…if I do want to link to my blog posts in chronological order separately, how would I also do that? Would that require changing the URL for the current index page?

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Sep 10, 2021 at 11:30 pm

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  Do you want to list the posts on your Index page?

  If so, try the Blog Posts block: https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/blocks/blog-posts-block/

  Or, the Latest Posts block: https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/blocks/latest-posts-block/