As we’ve discussed in other posts, by default, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your latest posts on the main page, unless you set a fixed page as a static home page.
In a previous post, we also address how to create a WordPress blog page to display your most recent published entries.
Whether you choose to make your most recently published post entries display on your main page or your blog page, you can specify the number of published posts to show on these pages (i.e. ’2’, ’7’, ’12’ etc.)
Your website will then display recently published posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have specified, even if your WordPress web site contains more blog posts than the number of items you have set to display …
Having the ability to set how many entries can display on your site can be very useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the most recent post that you have published. This can be useful, if, for example, you promote a weekly special, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post an upcoming event, set up a weekly office page for announcements, etc.
You can also 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 posts to display on your blog page.
In this tutorial, you are going to learn how easy it is to specify how many posts you want to show up on your blog page.
How To Set The Number Of Blog Post Entries To Display On Your Blog
WordPress lets you choose how many posts you want displayed on your website’s blog page.
The number of blog 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 content loads on your site. You can always increase or decrease the amount of posts displayed on your blog page.
To set the number of published blog posts you want listed on the blog page of your WordPress web site, choose Settings > Reading from the WordPress navigation menu …
Configure your options in the Reading Settings section as per the screenshot below:
How To Modify The Number Of Posts Showing On The Main Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the front page shows your latest blog posts, then edit your settings 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 post items you want to display – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished to update your settings…
Changing The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the main 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 blog posts that you want to display – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done …
Now, when visitors come to your site, they will see blog post entries 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 blog posts you would like to have showing on your WordPress website’s blog page.
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