Creating a New Page and Getting It to Show Up

Creating a page is only half the job — making sure people can actually find it, and that it sits in the right place in the site structure, is just as important.

1. Go to Pages → Add New

From the WordPress admin sidebar, hover over Pages and click Add New.

2. Give it a clear title and add your content

As with posts, use a specific, descriptive title. Build out the content using the block editor — headings, paragraphs, images as needed.

3. Set a Parent page

In the sidebar, under Page Attributes, use the Parent page dropdown to choose where this page sits in the site hierarchy.

Why this matters more than it seems:

• Many themes generate breadcrumbs, sub-navigation, and sidebar menus automatically based on this parent/child relationship — get it wrong and the page can look orphaned or confusing to navigate, even if it’s technically published correctly.
• The URL structure often reflects the hierarchy too (e.g. /about/history/ vs just /history/), so setting the wrong parent — or leaving it as “No parent” — can produce a messy or misleading web address.
• If the site’s menu is built manually (rather than auto-generated), a page nested under the wrong parent can be genuinely hard to relocate later without breaking existing links people may have already bookmarked or shared.
• Think of hierarchy as answering the question “if a visitor were browsing by clicking through sections, where would they naturally arrive at this page?” That’s usually the right parent.

A few practical tips:

• Before publishing, check whether a similar page already exists nearby in the structure — is there an obvious section this belongs under (e.g. a “Services” or “About” page)?
• If you’re unsure, it’s better to ask or check the site map than guess — a page in the wrong place is often harder to fix later than to get right the first time, especially once other pages start linking to it.
• Avoid deep nesting (e.g. a page four levels down) unless the site’s navigation is specifically designed for it — most visitors won’t dig that far.

4. Click Publish

Once the content and parent page are set, publish as normal (or submit for review, depending on your role).

Getting It Into the Menu

Publishing a page does not automatically add it to the navigation menu. To make it visible in the site’s menu, follow the separate guide on how the main menu works, and add the new page there manually.

Other Ways People Might Find It

• Linking to it from another page or post
• The site’s built-in search
• A direct link shared by email or elsewhere

Tip: If a page feels “missing” after publishing, it usually just needs adding to a menu or linking from somewhere — the page itself is very likely fine. But if it feels “lost” or hard to navigate to even once it’s linked, that’s often a sign the parent page wasn’t set correctly.