As we’ve discussed in previous posts, by default, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and shows your most recent published content on the main page, unless you fix a page as a static front page.
In a previous post, we have also shown you how to create a WordPress blog page to show your latest published entries.
Whether you choose to have your blog posts on your main page or your blog page, WordPress lets you specify the number of published blog post entries to show on these pages (e.g. ‘1’, ’6’, ’10’ etc.)
Your WP site will then display your most recent published articles on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog posts you have specified, even if your WP website contains more posts than the number of posts you have set to display …
Having the ability to set the number of post items display on your WordPress site can be very useful.
For example, you can display only the latest single blog post you have published. This is useful, if, for example, 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 upcoming events, set up a weekly team page for updates and announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this feature to fill an empty space on your blog page if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason may be, WordPress gives you the flexibility to specify the number of posts that you want to show on your blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how easy it is to change how many blog posts you want to show up on your blog page.
Setting The Number Of Post Entries Displayed On Your WordPress Blog Page
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress allows you to specify how many blog posts you want to show on the blog page of your site.
How many blog posts you want to display is completely up to you. there is no limit to this amount …
Note: Select a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the content loads on your site. You can always increase or decrease the number of posts displayed.
To specify the number of published blog posts you would like to show on the blog page of your WP website, go to your WordPress dashboard menu and click on Settings > Reading …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings page as shown in the screenshot below:
How To Specify The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Front Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the home page shows your newest post entries, then set your options as described below:
- Front page displays: Set this to Your latest posts
- Blog pages show at most: X posts (where ‘X’ is the number of entries that you want displayed – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done…
Editing The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the home page displays a fixed page and your latest blog posts display on a separate blog page, then edit your settings as described 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 to display – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when finished …
Now, when visitors come to your site, they will see recently published post entries showing 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 published blog post entries you want to have showing on the blog page of your website.
Related Posts
If you are new to WordPress, you may also find the following related posts useful:
- How To Make A WordPress Page Your Static Front Page
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Blog Posts
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