As we’ve discussed in previous posts, by default, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and displays your newest blog posts on the front page, unless you fix a page as a front page.
In a separate article, we have also explained how to create a blog page to show your most recent published entries.
Regardless of your choice to have blog posts on your main page or your blog page, WordPress lets you set a specific number of posts to show on these pages (i.e. ’2’, ’6’, ‘9’ etc.)
Your WordPress site will then display recently published post entries on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have set, even if your site contains more posts than the number of posts set to display …
The ability to specify the number of post items display on your WordPress site can be very useful.
For example, you can display only the most recent entry you have published. This is handy, if, for example, you promote a different time-sensitive offer each week, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post an upcoming event, set up a quarterly community page for announcements, etc.
You can also use this great feature to fill an ugly space on your blog page if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason, WordPress gives you the flexibility to change the number of blog posts that will display on your blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how to easily specify how many blog posts you want to show up on your site’s blog page.
How To Change The Number Of Posts To Display On Your Blog Page
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress lets you choose how many published blog posts you want displayed on the blog page of your site.
The number of entries you want displayed is completely up to you. there is no limit to this amount …
Note: Pick 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 posts displayed.
To specify how many published blog post entries you want to have displaying on the blog page of your WordPress web site, click on Settings > Reading from the WP dashboard menu …
Configure your options in the Reading Settings page as per the screenshot below:
Specifying The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Main Page
If you are using your WP site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the home page shows your newest published blog entries, then edit your settings 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 post items you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done to update your settings…
Changing The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Blog Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a website, where the home page shows a fixed page and your newest blog posts display on a separate blog page, then edit your settings as shown 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 you want displayed – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished to update your settings …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see your most recent published articles showing either on your home 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 set the number of published posts you would like displayed on the blog page of your WordPress website.
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