Why isn't my latest post title showing up on my home page?

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  sheilahurst · Member · Sep 2, 2015 at 4:34 pm

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  The title of my latest post isn’t publishing on:
  https://sheilahurst.wordpress.com/

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  arafatbs · Member · Sep 2, 2015 at 4:47 pm

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  Hi,

  On a WordPress.com blog, you have mainly two options regarding how your posts will be displayed on the front page. You may set your WordPress.com blog’s homepage to show the latest posts. There is another option which will make your blog’s homepage a static page which will display some pre-selected items. Did you set your blog’s homepage as a static page?

  You can change this setting to show the latest posts on homepage. Please visit this link while you are signed in, and you will get options to change this setting: https://sheilahurst.wordpress.com/wp-admin/options-reading.php

  Please let us know what happens,
  Happy Blogging!

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  sheilahurst · Member · Sep 2, 2015 at 4:55 pm

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  I didn’t change my settings and the home page is set up to show the latest posts.

  The post title isn’t showing and instead it just says “Link,” but when you click on it nothing happens so the post can’t be clicked on from the home page.

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  arafatbs · Member · Sep 2, 2015 at 5:01 pm

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  I afraid, I’m not sure why is this happening, but if I were in this situation, I would change the theme and see what happens.

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  sheilahurst · Member · Sep 2, 2015 at 5:22 pm

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  Thank you – I don’t really want to change the theme so I’ll hope it will fix itself somehow.

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  sheilahurst · Member · Sep 2, 2015 at 5:30 pm

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  I tried previewing it in another theme but that didn’t help – it still just says “link” instead of the post title.

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  arafatbs · Member · Sep 2, 2015 at 5:33 pm

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  Hi,

  The latest post type is “Link”. Please edit it to make it a normal type of post. That may help.

  Let us know what happens….

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  arafatbs · Member · Sep 2, 2015 at 5:44 pm

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  To edit a post type,

  > Visit https://sheilahurst.wordpress.com/wp-admin/edit.php

  > Hovering mouse on a post item will display the Edit option (with several other options).

  > Edit the latest post. You will find a “Format” widget at the right side (below the “Update” or “Publish” button)

  > Select the “Standard” format and click the “Update” button to save this change.

  It may solve the problem.

  Please let us know what happens.

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  sheilahurst · Member · Sep 2, 2015 at 6:12 pm

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  That worked – thank you! :)

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  arafatbs · Member · Sep 2, 2015 at 6:14 pm

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  Happy to hear that! You are welcome :)