As we’ve discussed in other posts, by default, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and shows your most recent posts on the main page, unless you set a fixed page as your main page.
In a separate post, we also cover how to create a WordPress blog page to display your most recent post.
Regardless of your choice to have posts on your home page or your blog page, you can specify the number of blog posts to show up on these pages (i.e. ’2’, ’4’, ’12’ etc.)
Your website will then display your most recently published articles on your blog page up to the maximum number of posts you have set, even if your WP website or blog contains more blog posts than the number of items set to display …
Having the ability to specify the number of posts can display on your web site can be very useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the most recent post that you have published. This is useful for example, if you promote a different limited-time offer each week, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post upcoming events, set up a quarterly community page for announcements, etc.
You can also 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 blog posts that you want to display on main blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how easy it is to change the number of posts to show on your WordPress blog.
How To Set The Number Of Blog Posts To Display On Your WordPress Blog Page
WordPress lets you choose how many posts you want to show on the blog page of your website.
The number of posts you want displayed is entirely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit 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 amount of items displayed on your blog page.
To set how many posts you want to have showing on the blog page of your website, select Settings > Reading from the WordPress navigation menu …
Configure your settings in the Reading Settings page as per the screenshot below:
Modifying The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Front Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the main page displays your latest published content, 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 post entries that you want showing – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when finished…
Modifying The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Blog Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a website, where the front page is a fixed page and your latest 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 that you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when done …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see blog post entries displayed either on your front page or blog page, as per the settings you have specified …
To learn how to change the length of your post excerpts, see the tutorial below:
Congratulations! Now you know how to change the number of posts you would like to show on the blog page of your WP site.
Related Posts
If you are a WordPress newbie, you may also find the following topic-related posts useful:
- How To Show A Page You Choose As Your Site’s Home Page In WordPress
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Blog Posts
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