Blog Index
What it's for: Displaying your main blog listing page - the primary page that shows a feed of your latest blog posts with excerpts and pagination
When it's used: When someone visits your designated blog page (set in WordPress Reading settings), clicks "Blog" in navigation, or lands on your main blog feed through search engines
What you can design: Your main blog hub layout - post grid or list layouts, featured post sections, blog navigation, filtering options, and pagination for browsing all your blog content
Appears when: The WordPress "Posts page" (blog index) is visited
Examples of when this template appears:
- Someone clicks "Blog" in your main navigation and sees your latest posts feed.
- That's your Blog Index template.
- Or when someone visits
/blog/(if that's your designated posts page) and sees your main blog listing - they see your Blog Index template.
What dynamic data is available:
You have access to all published blog posts and blog-wide data
- latest blog posts
- post excerpts and featured images
- pagination information
- total post count
- blog categories and tags
- post metadata and publication dates
You can also query featured posts, filter by categories or tags, create advanced post grids with custom sorting, and add dynamic filtering controls. Learn more about using dynamic data →
What you control:
Everything on your main blog page - post layouts, featured sections, filtering controls, pagination styles, blog header, sidebar content. You design the complete experience for people browsing your blog feed.
Doesn't affect:
- Individual blog posts - those use Single Post templates
- Category or tag pages - those need specific Archive templates
- Homepage - that needs a Front Page template (unless blog is your homepage)
Template Priority: 10
This template has default priority 10 in Builderius template hierarchy. This is high priority, ensuring your blog index design takes precedence over general templates like All Archives (70) or Entire Website (100).
Note: When you design a page or post directly (without using templates), that design always wins regardless of priority numbers. Learn more about designing pages directly →