As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your newest published content on the home page, unless you fix a page as the front page.
In a previous tutorial, we’ve also explained how to create a blog page to display your most recent blog post entries.
Regardless of your choice to make your most recently published blog post entries display on your home page or your blog page, you can specify the number of published posts to show up on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’12’ etc.)
Your site will then display posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have set, even if your web site contains more posts than the number set to display …
The ability to set the number of blog posts display on your site has a number of practical applications.
For example, you can display only the latest single post you have published. This is useful, if, for example, you are promoting a weekly special, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post upcoming events, set up a weekly office page for updates and announcements, etc.
You can also use this great feature to fill an ugly space on your blog if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason may be, With WordPress you have the flexibility to set the number of posts that you want to show on your blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how easy it is to set the number of blog post entries to display on your WordPress blog.
How To Specify The Number Of Blog Posts Displayed On Your Blog
WordPress lets you choose how many published blog post entries you would like listed on your site’s blog page.
The number of entries you would like to display is completely up to you. there is no limit to this number …
Note: We suggest choosing a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the content loads on your site. You can always increase or decrease the number of posts displayed.
To set how many blog posts you would like to have showing on the blog page web site, select Settings > Reading from the WP admin menu …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings section as shown below:
Editing The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Home Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the home page displays your latest blog posts, 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 displayed – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done…
Changing The Number Of Posts On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the home page is a fixed page and your most recent blog posts display on a separate blog page, then set your options 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 post items that you want showing – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when done to update your settings …
Now, when visitors land on your site, they will see your most recently published articles showing 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 to show on the blog page of your site.
Related Posts
If you are new to WordPress, you may also find the following related posts useful:
- How To Set A Page You Choose As The Home Page Of Your WordPress Site
- How To Create A Blog Page In WordPress
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