As we’ve discussed in other posts, by default, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your latest post entries on the home page, unless you set a specific page as a static home page.
In a separate article, we also explain how to create a WordPress blog page to show your most recent published posts.
Whether you choose to make present blog posts on your home page or your blog page, WordPress lets you set a specific number of items to show on these pages (e.g. ’2’, ’6’, ’10’ etc.)
Your WP site will then display your most recently published blog post entries on your blog page up to the maximum number of posts you have specified, even if your WordPress website or blog contains more blog posts than the number of items set to display …
Being able to specify how many blog post items display on your WordPress site has a number of practical uses.
For example, you can display only the most recent blog post that you have published. This can be useful, if, for example, you are promoting a weekly special, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post upcoming events, set up a monthly office page for updates and announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this feature to fill an ugly space on your blog if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason, With WordPress you have the flexibility to specify the number of posts that will show on your blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how to easily set how many blog posts you want to show up on your blog.
How To Change The Number Of Blog Post Entries Displayed On Your WordPress Blog
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress allows you to choose how many published blog post entries you would like to display on the blog page.
How many posts you want displayed is completely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this amount …
Note: Choose a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the content loads on your site. You can always raise or lower the amount of posts displayed on your blog page.
To specify how many blog post entries you would like to have displaying on the blog page of your site, go to your WP dashboard menu and choose Settings > Reading …
Configure the options in the Reading Settings section as shown below:
Modifying The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Front Page
If you are using your WP site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the home page shows your newest published blog post entries, then edit your settings as shown below:
- Front page displays: Set this to Your latest posts
- Blog pages show at most: X posts (where ‘X’ is the number of post items that you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done…
To Change The Number Of Posts Showing On The Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the front page displays a fixed page and your most recent post entries display on a separate blog page, then set your options as shown below:
- Front page displays: Set this to A static page, then select Posts page: > your Blog Page from the drop down menu
- Blog pages show at most: X posts X posts (where ‘X’ is the number of entries you want displayed – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when done …
Now, when visitors come to your website, they will see posts displayed either on your front page or blog page, up to the maximum number of posts you have specified …
To learn how to change the length of your post excerpts, see the tutorial below:
Congratulations! Now you know how to set the number of published blog posts you would like displayed on the blog page of your website.
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