As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your latest posts on the front page, unless you set a fixed page as a home page.
In a previous tutorial, we’ve also shown you how to create a blog page to show your latest post.
Regardless of your choice to make blog posts on your home page or your blog page, With WordPress you can specify the number of posts to display on these pages (e.g. ‘1’, ’4’, ’12’ etc.)
Your site will then display blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of posts you have set, even if your web site contains more blog posts than the number of items set to display …
The ability to set how many blog post items display on your site has a number of practical applications.
For example, you can display only the most recent post you have published. This can be useful, if, for example, you want to send your readers to a weekly special, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post upcoming events, set up a weekly corporate page for announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this feature to fill an empty space on your blog if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason may be, WordPress gives you the flexibility to set the number of blog posts to show on main blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how easy it is to set how many blog posts you want to show on your blog page.
Changing The Number Of Blog Post Entries Displayed On Your Blog
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress lets you specify how many blog post entries you would like displayed on the blog page of your site.
The number of entries you would like to display is completely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this amount …
Note: Select a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the entries load on your site. You can always raise or lower the number of items displayed.
To set the number of blog post entries you want displayed on the blog page website, go to the WP dashboard menu and click on Settings > Reading …
Configure the options in the Reading Settings page as shown in the screenshot below:
How To Edit The Number Of Posts On The Front Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the main page shows your latest published blog entries, 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 posts you want displayed – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished…
Changing The Number Of Posts On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the home page displays 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 you want to show – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when finished to update your settings …
Now, when visitors land on your site, they will see your latest blog 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 change the number of published blog posts you want to show on the blog page of your WP website.
Related Posts
If you are learning how to use WordPress, you may also find the following posts useful:
- How To Display Any Page You Select As The Site’s Home Page In WordPress
- How To Create A Blog Page In WordPress
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