diff --git a/src/app/home-page/components/ArticleFeed.tsx b/src/app/home-page/components/ArticleFeed.tsx
index 5368e8b..a045870 100644
--- a/src/app/home-page/components/ArticleFeed.tsx
+++ b/src/app/home-page/components/ArticleFeed.tsx
@@ -53,13 +53,18 @@ function parseArticleDate(dateStr: string): Date | null {
   return isNaN(d.getTime()) ? null : d;
 }
 
-export default function ArticleFeed() {
+type ArticleFeedProps = {
+  initialPosts?: ArticleItem[];
+};
+
+export default function ArticleFeed({ initialPosts = [] }: ArticleFeedProps) {
+  const hasInitialPosts = initialPosts.length > 0;
   const [page, setPage] = useState(1);
   const [searchQuery, setSearchQuery] = useState("");
   const [activeCategory, setActiveCategory] = useState("All");
   const [sourceFilter, setSourceFilter] = useState<SourceFilter>("All");
-  const [wpPosts, setWpPosts] = useState<ArticleItem[]>([]);
-  const [loadingWp, setLoadingWp] = useState(true);
+  const [wpPosts, setWpPosts] = useState<ArticleItem[]>(initialPosts);
+  const [loadingWp, setLoadingWp] = useState(!hasInitialPosts);
   const [feedMode, setFeedMode] = useState<FeedMode>("pagination");
   const [infiniteCount, setInfiniteCount] = useState(ARTICLES_PER_PAGE);
   const [isLoadingMore, setIsLoadingMore] = useState(false);
@@ -89,8 +94,9 @@ export default function ArticleFeed() {
     }
   }, []);
 
-  // Fetch imported WordPress posts for the feed
+  // Client fetch only when the server did not hydrate initial posts.
   useEffect(() => {
+    if (hasInitialPosts) return;
     let cancelled = false;
     (async () => {
       try {
@@ -108,7 +114,7 @@ export default function ArticleFeed() {
     return () => {
       cancelled = true;
     };
-  }, []);
+  }, [hasInitialPosts]);
 
   const handleFeedModeChange = (mode: FeedMode) => {
     setFeedMode(mode);
diff --git a/src/app/home-page/page.tsx b/src/app/home-page/page.tsx
index 7cd3be7..0fa8751 100644
--- a/src/app/home-page/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/home-page/page.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import FeaturedCarouselServer from '@/components/FeaturedCarouselServer';
 import FeaturedBento from "./components/FeaturedBento";
 import SpotlightCarousel from "./components/SpotlightCarousel";
 import ArticleFeed from "./components/ArticleFeed";
+import { getLatestImportedArticles } from "@/lib/articles/legacy-source";
+import { decorateHomepageFeed } from "@/lib/promoted-articles";
 import ScrollRevealSection from "@/components/ScrollRevealSection";
 import NewsletterSignup from "./components/NewsletterSignup";
 import SponsorLogoStrip from "@/components/SponsorLogoStrip";
@@ -137,7 +139,32 @@ function FeedSkeleton() {
   );
 }
 
-export default function HomePage() {
+const HOME_FEED_LIMIT = 5000;
+
+async function loadHomeFeedPosts() {
+  const { items } = await getLatestImportedArticles(HOME_FEED_LIMIT, 0);
+  const base = items.map((a) => ({
+    title: a.title,
+    excerpt: a.excerpt,
+    category: a.category,
+    date: a.date,
+    author: a.author,
+    authorSlug: a.authorSlug,
+    slug: a.slug,
+    image: a.image,
+    alt: a.alt,
+    source: "imported" as const,
+  }));
+  const decorated = await decorateHomepageFeed("avbeat", base);
+  return decorated.map((d) => ({
+    ...d.article,
+    promoted_kind: d.promoted_kind,
+    promoted_advertiser: d.promoted_advertiser || null,
+    promoted_until: d.promoted_until || null,
+  }));
+}
+
+export default async function HomePage() {
   // Hard opt-out of all caching for this route. Without this, a child
   // server component (FeaturedBentoFromDb -> pickAds -> fetch in lib/ads.ts
   // with `next: { revalidate: 30 }`) pulls the whole page into 30-second
@@ -146,6 +173,7 @@ export default function HomePage() {
   // is the unambiguous, child-tree-overriding opt-out and is what the
   // hero swap needs to render fresh on every request.
   noStore();
+  const initialFeedPosts = await loadHomeFeedPosts();
   return (
     <div className="min-h-screen bg-background">
       {/* Sticky top bar + nav */}
@@ -174,7 +202,7 @@ export default function HomePage() {
       {/* Article feed + sidebar */}
       <ScrollRevealSection id="the-latest" className="section-enter section-enter-5 scroll-mt-32" delay={2}>
         <Suspense fallback={<FeedSkeleton />}>
-          <ArticleFeed />
+          <ArticleFeed initialPosts={initialFeedPosts} />
         </Suspense>
       </ScrollRevealSection>