Creating a custom content template

We've established a custom base structure for our home page and set up a custom page template to remove the normal page title. Now it's time to create a custom template for our home page content.

Roots manages content loops in files named content-page.php, content-single.php, and content.php in the templates folder as shown in the following screenshot:

If you look at the contents of these files, you'll see the loops for standard posts and pages.

We want to make our own custom version of content-page.php:

1. Duplicate content-page.php.

2. Rename it content-home.php.

3. Open content-home.php in your editor and you'll see the following lines of code:

   <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
     <?php the_content(); ?>
     <?php wp_link_pages(array('before' => '<nav class="pagination">', 'after' => '</nav>')); ?>
   <?php endwhile; ?>

4. Observe that this page content loop does two things:

   • Pulls in the content from the WYSIWYG editor

   • Creates...