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The Page Attributes module allows you to set page parents and templates, and to change the order of your pages.

It can be found to the right of each page editor, under the Publish module.

Parent

You can arrange your pages in hierarchies. For example, you could have an “About” page that has “Life Story” and “My Dogs” pages under it. Under “My Dogs” you might have another page titled “Rosco.” The URLs might look like this:

• http://myblog.wordpress.com/about/
• http://myblog.wordpress.com/about/life-story/
• http://myblog.wordpress.com/about/my-dogs/
• http://myblog.wordpress.com/about/my-dogs/rosco/

With the Coraline theme activated, it would look like this:

There are no limits to how deeply you can nest pages.

Please note: not all themes display Page hierarchies by default in the navigation menu. If this is the case with the theme you are using, then you can use the Custom Menus feature to create sub-pages and to customize your navigation menus.

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Template

Some themes have additional templates that you can use to create pages with additional features or custom layouts. You can see if your current theme has any additional templates by checking the Template section of the Page Attributes module. The most common templates are for archives, links, and contact pages.

For example, the Bueno theme has additional templates that make it easy to create an archives page, full-width page, and sitemap:

Users cannot modify the templates or add their own. You can only select from the list, which depends on the theme you have activated.

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Order

You can change the order that your pages are displayed in by using the Order field of the Page Attributes module.

Let’s say you have three pages: About, Photos, Contact

If you wanted About to appear first, you’d need to do the following:

1. Go to Pages > Pages in your dashboard
2. Find the page About and click the title.
3. Locate the Page Attributes module to the right of the editor.
4. Put the number 1 in the box for Order. This tells WordPress to display this page first on your blog.
5. Click the Update button.

Repeat the process for your other pages, but use higher numbers for the Order field: 2, 3, etc. This tells WordPress to display these pages second and third on your blog.

If you’re using the Pages Widget, be sure to set the Sort by option to Page Order after setting a custom order for your pages. Then click Save.

Last modified: April 9, 2012