As we’ve discussed in other posts, by default, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and shows your most recent post entries on the home page, unless you specify a page as a static home page.
In a separate tutorial, we also explain how to create a WordPress blog page to show your most recent post.
Whether you choose to make blog post entries on your main page or your blog page, WordPress lets you specify the number of blog post entries to show on these pages (e.g. ’2’, ’5’, ’12’ etc.)
Your site will then display your most recently published post entries on your blog page up to the maximum number of items you have set, even if your WordPress website contains more blog posts than the number of posts you have set to display …
Having the ability to set how many blog post items can display on your blog page is useful.
For example, you can display only the latest single post item you have published. This can be handy for example, if you promote a weekly special, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post an upcoming event, set up a monthly office page for updates and announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this great feature to fill an empty space on your blog if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason, With WordPress you have the flexibility to change the number of blog posts that you want to show on your blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how to easily change the number of posts will show on your blog page.
Changing The Number Of Blog Posts To Display On Your WordPress Blog
WordPress lets you specify how many published blog post entries you would like to have showing on your blog page.
The number of posts you would like displayed is entirely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this number …
Note: Choose a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the entries load on your site. You can always raise or lower the amount of items displayed on your blog page.
To set how many published blog posts you want to have showing on the blog page of your site, go to your WP admin menu and select Settings > Reading …
Configure your settings in the Reading Settings screen as shown below:
Changing The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Main Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the main page shows your most recent 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 items that you want to display – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when done…
Editing The Number Of Posts On The Blog Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a website, where the main page is a fixed page and your most recent posts 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 blog post entries you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done …
Now, when visitors come to your site, they will see posts 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 set the amount of blog posts you want to have displaying 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 Any WordPress Page You Want Be The Site’s Home Page
- How To Create A Blog Page In WordPress
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