Best Query for blog posts

Question

I am not getting any headway in this one problem I have a separate homepage from the normal blog page. However the site needs a blog so How do I structure a query that will display something like the default wordpress behavior

Answer 1

Do the following:

1. Create a blank page with the name "Blog" or "News" or whatever you like to call it.
2. Go to Settings -> Reading and select A static page from Front page displays section.
3. Choose your front-page from the Front page dropdown box, and your blog page (the page you created in step 1) from Posts page dropdown box.
4. Save your changes.

Your blog page should now display your posts when visited.

Answer 2

You can create a page template for the blog and just run a custom post query -

$query_args = array(
    'post_type' => 'post'
 );