SharePoint 2013: Adding a Blog to an Existing Site (without creating a new site)

Typically when you want a blog in SharePoint, you need to create a new site collection or a sub site using the blog site template.



Sometimes it would just be easier (or nice) to have a blog right in another site such as a team site or departmental site without the need for yet another site collection or subsite to maintain. No problem.

You can easily add a blog to an existing site using PowerShell. Fire up the SharePoint 2013 Management Console and enter the following command:

Enable-SPFeature -identity "BlogContent" -url <<the url of the site>>

Next, navigate to the site in the browser and edit the home page:

From the Insert tab on the top ribbon, click on Web Part:

Select Posts from the Apps category and click on the Add button:

The blog posts now appear on your home page:







Click on the sample blog post:

You now have a blog in your existing site without having a separate sub site!