How to Create a Child Page in WordPress (The Easy Way)

Creating a child page in WordPress is a simple way to keep your site organized. It’s one of our top tips if you need a better way to arrange your WordPress pages.

Luckily, WordPress lets you set up pages that connect to each other, like a family tree.

For example, if you have a page called ‘Case Studies,’ then you could separate each study with child pages. This method helps visitors find what they’re looking for quickly.

In this article, we will guide you through the steps to set up a child page and make your WordPress site easy to navigate.

What Is a Child Page in WordPress?

WordPress comes with two default post types called posts and pages.

Posts are blog content and show up in reverse order. This way, people who visit your WordPress blog will see the newest posts first.

Now, posts are normally organized with categories and tags, which makes it easy for visitors to find related content.

Pages are one-off or standalone content that is not part of a blog.

For example, business owners can build a business website without creating a blog. However, if they want to add a blog to their content marketing strategy, they can do so by simply creating a separate blog page.

Other page examples include an ‘About Us’ or a ‘Contact Us’ page.

If you have too many pages, organizing them can become difficult. This is where child pages come in. Moreover, pages can be hierarchical, so you can organize them with parent and child pages.

You can create a parent page and then add child pages to better organize your navigation menus and your website as a whole.

For example, the MonsterInsights website has a ‘Features’ parent page with a separate child page for each feature. This makes it easier for customers to find the feature they want to read about.

Many online stores also use child and parent pages to help visitors explore their eCommerce site and find products to buy.

Now, any child page can also have its own child pages. This enables you to build relationships between your pages and create a logical structure that’s easier for visitors to navigate.

When pages are organized into parent and child categories, they also tend to be easier to manage in the WordPress admin area. This is particularly true as your WordPress website continues to grow.

With that in mind, let’s take a look at how to easily create a child page in WordPress.

How to Create a Child Page in WordPress

To create a child page, you first need a parent page. You can use any page as a parent or create a new page.

Once you have a parent page, you’re ready to add child pages. Again, you can turn any existing page into a child or create an entirely new page that will become your child page.

Then, simply open the child page for editing.

In the right-hand menu, let’s go to the ‘Page’ tab. After that, you’ll want to find the ‘Page Attributes’ section and give it a click to expand.

Now, let’s take a look at the ‘Parent Page’ field. It should be blank, as the page is a parent page at this point.

To turn this parent into a child page, simply open the ‘Parent’ dropdown. Then, you can select the page that you want to use as the parent page.

After that, go ahead and save your changes by clicking on the ‘Update’ or ‘Publish’ button.

To create more child pages, simply repeat the process described above.

To see all of your child pages, you can head over to Pages » All Pages. WordPress will show all of your child pages listed under their parent page with a — prefix.

In the following image, you can see that ‘Google Analytics dashboard’ and ‘WooCommerce Analytics’ are child pages of ‘MonsterInsight Features.’

There you have it!

You’ve learned how to create a child page in WordPress.

We hope this article has helped you learn how to create a child page in WordPress. Next, you may also want to see our complete guide on how to create a landing page in WordPress and how to split WordPress posts into multiple pages.

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