As we’ve discussed in other posts, by default, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and shows your latest post entries on the home page, unless you set a fixed page as your front page.
In another article, we’ve also shown you how to create a WordPress blog page to display your latest published entries.
Regardless of your choice to make posts on your main page or your blog page, With WordPress you can specify the number of published blog posts to appear on these pages (e.g. ’2’, ‘3’, ’15’ etc.)
Your WordPress site will then display posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of posts you have set, even if your WordPress website or blog contains more blog posts than the number you have set to display …
Being able to specify the number of entries display on your site can be useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the most recent entry you have published. This is useful for example, if you promote a different limited-time offer each week, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post an upcoming event, set up a monthly social page for announcements, etc.
You can also use this feature to fill an empty space on your blog page if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason may be, With WordPress you have the flexibility to set the number of blog posts to display on your blog page.
In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to set the number of blog post entries will show up on your WordPress blog.
How To Set The Number Of Post Entries To Display On Your WordPress Blog
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress lets you choose how many blog post entries you would like to have showing on the blog page of your web site.
How many posts you want to display is completely up to you. there is no limit to this number …
Note: Choose a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the content loads on your site. You can always raise or lower the number of posts displayed.
To specify the number of posts you want to have displaying on the blog page of your WordPress web site, click on Settings > Reading from the WordPress admin menu …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings screen as per the screenshot below:
How To Modify The Number Of Posts Showing On The Home Page
If you are using your WP site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the front page shows your newest blog posts, then set your options 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 blog post items that you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished…
How To Modify The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the front page shows a fixed page and your newest published post items show up 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 showing – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished …
Now, when visitors land on your site, they will see blog post entries 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 amount of posts you want displayed on the blog page of your web site.
Related Posts
If you are a WordPress newbie, you may also find the following related posts useful:
- How To Make Any WordPress Page Become The Home Page Of Your Website
- How To Create A Blog In Your WordPress Site
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