index.php

<?php get_header(); 
$blog['id'] = get_option('page_for_posts');
$blog['title'] = get_the_title( $blog['id'] );
$blog['permalink'] = get_the_permalink( $blog['id'] );
?>

<section class="page-hero row-outer">
  <div class="container">
    <div class="row">
			<div class="col-xl-10 col-xxl-8">
				
				<header class="entry-header text-center">
					<h1 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><?= $blog['title']; ?></h1>
					
					<div class="page-header-actions text-center">
						<div class="dropdown">
							<button class="btn btn-default btn-primary dropdown-toggle" type="button" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="true">
								Categories
							</button>

							<ul class="dropdown-menu">								
								<li><a href="<?php echo get_permalink( $blog['id'] ); ?>">All Posts</a></li>
								<?php wp_list_categories( array(
										'orderby' => 'name',
										'depth' => 1,
										'title_li' => ''
									));
								?>
							</ul><!-- /scroll_nav -->
						</div><!-- /dropdown -->

					</div> <!-- /page-header-actions -->
				</header> 

			</div> <!-- /col -->
    </div> <!-- /row -->
  </div> <!-- /container -->
</section> <!-- /page-hero -->

<section class="row-outer">						
	<div class="container">	
		<div class="row justify-content-center">
			<div class="col-xl-10 col-xxl-8">
				<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();?>
					<?php get_template_part( 'partials/content', 'excerpt' ); ?>

				<?php endwhile; ?>
					<?php get_template_part( 'partials/pagination' ); ?>

				<?php else : ?>
					<?php get_template_part( 'partials/content', 'none' ); ?>

				<?php endif; ?>
				
			</div><!-- /col -->
		</div><!-- /row -->
	</div> <!-- /container-->
</section><!-- /row-outer -->

<?php get_footer(); ?>