Posts vs Pages in WordPress. What's the right way?

Content is the heart of WordPress and it is publish weather in the form of pages or posts. Both of these are very integral in WordPress ecosystem but what's the difference between these two types and which one is best? In-order to find the answer of this question, we need to understand the the functionality and limitations of these two. So, let's dig into it and find out which one is best to use in at the end of blog.

WordPress Posts:
What are WordPress posts? WordPress posts are timely blog posts that have a publish date just like Facebook post that have a certain time after being published and if in that certain time people don't look at it, you don't get much likes and then this will make you sad. So, WordPress posts are very timely content but they have their importance when it comes to SEO which is mentioned below in the difference section.

WordPress Pages:
WordPress pages are timeless static content and they don't have publish date.They are not dynamic as they do not have any frequency attached with it. They are not social and there is no comment section available in pages.

Pages vs Posts:
The difference of functionality and limitations between pages and posts are as following:

1- Interactivity:
Post have interactions and interactivity because it gets comments and shares whereas, pages don't have interactions as they are not meant to be social or interactive. However, you can use plugins to make it interactive but its not recommended. 

2- Time Stamp:
Time stamp is a time or date which is assigned to a particular page or posts. Pages do not have time stamp to show to search engines where as posts do have a very certain time stamp. But post are good for seo because they are timely content and search engines needs to see that which content is updating regularly

3- Categories:
Categories are classifications in which a particular thing is divided. Pages do not have categories whereas post do have categories.

4- RSS Feeds:
RSS feeds are real symbols indication feeds which people use to read feeds but they are not in us these days. hence, they are supported by posts but not by pages.

5- Custom Templates:
Custom template feature is supported by pages but do not by posts. However, you can use plugins for posts if you want.

6- Post Formats:
Post formats are custom formats in the form of codes or audios which are use by posts but not by pages.

7- Hierarchy:
One page can be nested in another page and can take the form of hierarchy but posts do not support this feature.


Whats is the right way?
Well in the best WordPress ecosystem both ways are integral and both are important. So we need to understand both but it depends on the type of content that you are publishing and how do you like it to be display. But, if you have a lot of content then using of pages can give a diversified look to your website and if your content needs SEO then go for posts.