Making draft page as the main page

A very newbie question.

I wanted to update my home page. I copied it as a draft and made the modifications. Now.. how do I make it the main home page? It sounds very simple but have been totally unable to do so. My home page has only my website as the permalink.. I'm unable to change it. My updated homepage has permalink home-5. I'm stuck between the two pages.

I'd also like to backup my original homepage for record purpose.

Can anyone suggest how to do that, step-by-step?

Topic homepage draft Wordpress

Category Web

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I don't know if this is the accepted method or not but, for me, it was easy to remove the "old" page from the menu (under Appearance -> Menus) and add the new one. You have to Publish the new page before you can add it though. This applies to everything except the Home page, which I think was the original question.

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  1. Go to the "Settings" menu
  2. Then to "Reading"
  3. Click the "A static page" radio button next to "Front Page Displays"
  4. And select your "page-5" in the dropdown next to "Front Page". Make sure you have a blog page selected as well.

(The image is from the Codex. The correct buttons are not clicked but that is the page your are looking for.)

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