Build a magazine front page - Verba

This tutorial gives you an order for building a front page that reads like a magazine rather than a feed. It's one example, so drop, merge, or add sections as you go and keep the sequence.

Before you start, decide whether your front page is the posts page or a static page. Building a good homepage explains the difference and where it's set; configuring the wrong page is the most common reason nothing changes.

#Pick how the page is assembled

The steps below describe results, so they work with any of these.

The Customizer, free theme

Your front page is the posts page, and AppearanceCustomizeVerba ThemePosts Page puts a showcase or a featured author above the list. The fastest route. See the posts page.

The block editor, Pro

A static page built from the Verba blocks, with as many sections as you like in any order.

Elementor, Pro

The same page built with the Verba widgets. See how Verba uses Elementor.

The Post Listing block and widget have the same settings, so the block editor and Elementor can build the same page.

#The six steps

#Making it yours

Simpler: drop the category list and the featured section, leaving the header, one list, and the footer. That's already a correct front page.

More elaborate: add a second themed section between steps four and five, a promo strip, or an insertion inside the list. See content zones and insertions, call to action above the footer, and ad banners and in-listing insertions. If two listings read the same category, separate them with Avoid Duplicates, an offset, or different sources.

#Check the result

• The page on a phone

• No post appears twice anywhere on the page

• Load more adds posts without the page jumping

Last updated 1 Oct 2026