As we’ve discussed in previous posts, by default, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your newest blog posts on the front page, unless you set a specific page as your front page.
In a separate post, we also discussed how to create a WordPress blog page to show your latest blog post entries.
Regardless of your choice to have blog posts on your front page or your blog page, With WordPress you can set a specific number of items to show up on these pages (e.g. ’2’, ’7’, ‘9’ etc.)
Your site will then display blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of posts you have specified, even if your WordPress web site contains more posts than the number of items set to display …
The ability to set how many blog post items can display on your site has a number of uses.
For example, you can display only the latest post that you have published. This is handy, if, for example, you promote a different limited-time offer each month, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post upcoming events, set up a quarterly community page for announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this great feature to fill an ugly space on your blog if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason may be, With WordPress you have the flexibility to change the number of posts that you want to display on main blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how easy it is to specify the number of blog post entries you want to show up on your WordPress blog.
Changing The Number Of Blog Post Entries Displayed On Your WordPress Blog
WordPress lets you choose how many blog post entries you want listed on your website’s blog page.
How many blog posts you want displayed is entirely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this amount …
Note: We recommend selecting a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the entries load on your site. You can always raise or lower the number of posts displayed.
To specify the number of published posts you would like listed on the blog page of your WP web site, go to your WP navigation menu and click on Settings > Reading …
Configure your settings in the Reading Settings section as shown below:
How To Change The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Front Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the front page shows your latest 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 that you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done…
To Specify The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Blog Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a website, where the main page is a fixed page and your newest published blog post entries 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 entries that you want displayed – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when finished to update your settings …
Now, when visitors land on your site, they will see your 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 amount of published blog post entries you want to display on the blog page.
Related Posts
If you are learning how to use WordPress, you may also find the following related posts useful:
***
"This is an awesome training series. I have a pretty good understanding of WordPress already, but this is helping me to move somewhere from intermediate to advanced user!" - Kim Lednum