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How to create a child page in WordPress?

Creating child pages in WordPress is one of the most important actions you can take to ensure consistency and organization of content on your website. Child pages, also known as "child pages", allow you to hierarchically structure the content on your website. Below are some solutions to help you achieve this goal.

Creating a child page via the administration panel

Creating a child page in WordPress is quite simple and does not require any special technical skills.

  1. First, log in to your WordPress admin panel.
  2. Go to the "Pages" menu and select "Add new".
  3. Enter the title and content of the new page.
  4. In the right menu, in the "Page Attributes" section, find the "Parent" field and select the parent page under which you want to place your new page.
  5. Click the “Publish” button on the right to publish your child page.

Creating a child theme in WordPress

Creating a child theme is a good idea if you want to make changes to your theme without worrying about losing those changes when you update the theme. In short, a child theme inherits the functionality and style of the parent theme, but allows you to make individual changes.

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Using a plugin to create subpages

WordPress plugins can simplify the process of creating child pages. One example is the “Page List” plugin. This plugin allows you to automatically generate a list of child pages for each parent page.

  1. Log in to the WordPress administration panel and go to the “Plugins” menu.
  2. Click “Add New” and enter “Page List” in the search box.
  3. Install and activate the plugin.
  4. Now, on any page where you want to list child pages, use the [pagelist] shortcode.

Using code to display subpages

We can also use PHP code to display child pages. We can place such code in the theme file (for example, sidebar.php or page.php).

post_parent) $children = wp_list_pages("title_li=&child_of=".$post->post_parent."&echo=0"); else $children = wp_list_pages("title_li=&child_of=".$post->ID."&echo=0"); if ($children) { ?>

    All of these methods allow you to create and manage child pages in WordPress. Choosing the best method depends on your individual needs and skills.

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