Static Front Page

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    ncdhd · Member ·

    I would like to create a static front page for our organization’s website. Do I have to sign up for the premium plan to be able to do this? Also, if I pay for the premium plan, get into using WordPress, then decide this is not the right fit for our organization’s website and cancel, will we be charged for the entire year?

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    timethief · Member ·

    I would like to create a static front page for our organization’s website. Do I have to sign up for the premium plan to be able to do this?

    No

    This is a one or the other situation. You have two choices on any blog hosted by wordpress.COM:
    (1) All posts on the front page.
    (2) A static front page and all posts on a different page.

    All support docs are at https://support.wordpress.com/
    https://en.support.wordpress.com/?s=front+page
    Results: Set a Static “Home” Page (Front Page)
    https://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/front-page/

    By default the front page of your blog is at the URL of the site and displays all published posts (not pages) in reverse chronological order, with the most recently published post on top. That is for the convenience of your returning visitors, who come to read your latest post, and who are not likely to be happy with being compelled to click through the same static page with the same blah, blah, blah on it every time they visit the blog looking for the latest post.

    However, if you do not want all the posts to show on the front page, then you can create a static front page called for example “Welcome” for your site and a “Blog” page for posts. To do that create two pages first http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/

    After you do that you go to > Settings > Reading and make the designation change and click “save changes”.
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/front-page/

    A static page (select below)
    Front page:
    Posts page:

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    timethief · Member ·

    Also, if I pay for the premium plan, get into using WordPress, then decide this is not the right fit for our organization’s website and cancel, will we be charged for the entire year?

    There are time limits on refunds. WordPress.com provides a 30-day refund on all upgrades except Domain Registrations, Domain Renewals, and Guided Transfers. The refund period for Domain Registrations and Renewals is 48 hours.

    Note: It takes 1 – 2 weeks for the refund to be received.

    You have to be logged in as Admin http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#administrator under the exact same username account that registered the blog to access the blog’s dashboard, cancel any upgrades, claim a refund for any qualified upgrades, and disable auto-renew. Dashboard > Store > My Upgrades. You can also disable auto-renew there. http://en.support.wordpress.com/my-upgrades/#canceling-upgrades

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