As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and shows your newest published content on the front page, unless you specify a page as your main page.
In a separate post, we also cover how to create a WordPress blog page to display your latest published entries.
Whether you choose to have blog post entries on your front page or your blog page, With WordPress you can set a specific number of posts to show on these pages (i.e. ’2’, ’4’, ‘9’ etc.)
Your site will then display your newest blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of posts you have specified, even if your WP website contains more posts than the number of posts you have set to display …
Being able to specify the number of blog posts will display on your web site can be useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest post item that you have published. This can be handy, if, for example, you are promoting a different time-sensitive offer each month, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post an upcoming event, set up a quarterly social page for announcements, etc.
You can also use this great feature to fill an ugly 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 display on main blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how easy it is to specify the number of blog post entries to display on your blog.
How To Change The Number Of Blog Post Entries To Display On Your WordPress Blog Page
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress allows you to choose how many posts you want listed on the blog page of your site.
The number of blog posts you would like displayed is entirely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this amount …
Note: Choose a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the entries load on your site. You can always increase or decrease the number of items displayed.
To specify how many blog posts you would like displayed on the blog page of your WP site, choose Settings > Reading from the WordPress dashboard menu …
Configure your options in the Reading Settings section as shown below:
How To Edit The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Home Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the home page displays your newest 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 blog post entries that you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when done…
How To Change The Number Of Posts On The Blog Page
If you are using your WP site as a website, where the home page displays a fixed page and your most recent 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 – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see posts showing either on your main 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 display on the blog page of your WordPress website.
Related Posts
If you are a WordPress newbie, you may also find the following related posts useful:
- How To Make A Specific Page Become Your Home Page In WordPress
- How To Create A Blog Page In WordPress
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