As we’ve discussed in other posts, by default, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your newest blog posts on the main page, unless you set a specific page as a front page.
In a previously published tutorial, we also discuss how to create a blog page to display your latest blog posts.
Whether you choose to make posts on your home page or your blog page, you can set a specific number of blog post entries to show on these pages (e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’12’ etc.)
Your WordPress website will then display your blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of items you have set, even if your WordPress web site contains more blog posts than the number you have set to display …
Having the ability to set how many post items display on your web site can be useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the most recent post item you have published. This is handy for example, if you are promoting a different limited-time offer each week, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post upcoming events, set up a monthly office page for announcements, etc.
Or, you can 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 change the number of posts to show on main blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how to specify the number of blog post entries will show up on your blog page.
Setting The Number Of Blog Post Entries Displayed On Your WordPress Blog Page
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress allows you to choose how many published blog post entries you want displayed on the blog page of your website.
How many blog posts you want displayed is entirely up to you. there is no limit to this amount …
Note: We recommend choosing a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the content loads on your site. You can always raise or lower the amount of items displayed.
To specify how many blog posts you would like displayed on the blog page of your web site, go to your WordPress navigation menu and select Settings > Reading …
Configure your options in the Reading Settings screen as shown below:
How To Modify The Number Of Posts Showing On The Front Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the main 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 post entries you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when finished…
How To Edit The Number Of Posts On The Blog Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a website, where the main page shows a fixed page and your latest blog posts show up 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’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when done …
Now, when visitors come to your site, they will see your most recent published articles displayed 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 amount of blog post entries you would like to show on your website’s blog page.
Related Posts
If you are new to WordPress, you may also find the following posts useful:
- How To Display Any Page As The Home Page Of Your WordPress Site
- How To Create A Blog Page In WordPress
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