As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your newest posts on the front page, unless you set a specific page as the front page.
In a separate article, we have also explained how to create a WordPress blog page to display your most recent published entries.
Regardless of your choice to have blog posts on your home page or your blog page, With WordPress you can specify the number of items to show on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ’4’, ’15’ etc.)
Your WP site will then display posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of posts you have specified, even if your WP website or blog contains more posts than the number set to display …
Having the ability to specify the number of post items display on your WordPress site can be useful.
For example, you can display only the latest single blog post you have published. This is handy for example, if you promote a weekly special, 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 if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason, With WordPress you have the flexibility to specify the number of posts that you want to display on main blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how to easily change how many posts to show up on your blog page.
How To Change The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Blog Page
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress lets you choose how many blog posts you want listed on your website’s blog page.
The number of blog posts you want to display is completely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this number …
Note: We recommend choosing a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the entries load on your site. You can always increase or decrease the number of items displayed.
To specify the number of blog posts you want to display on the blog page of your web site, select Settings > Reading from your WordPress dashboard menu …
Configure your settings in the Reading Settings page as shown in the screenshot below:
How To Modify The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Main Page
If you are using your WP site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the home page shows your newest published blog post entries, 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 posts that you want displayed – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done…
To Specify The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the main page is a fixed page and your newest 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 blog post entries you want to display – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when done …
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 blog posts you would like listed on the blog page.
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