As we’ve discussed in previous posts, by default, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and shows your latest blog posts on the main page, unless you fix a page as the front page.
In a separate tutorial, we also address how to create a WordPress blog page to display your most recent published posts.
Regardless of your choice to have display posts on your main page or your blog page, With WordPress you can set a specific number of blog post entries to show on these pages (e.g. ‘1’, ’4’, ’10’ etc.)
Your WordPress website will then display blog post entries on your blog page up to the maximum number of items you have set, even if your website contains more blog posts than the number set to display …
Being able to set the number of blog posts can display on your web site has a number of practical applications.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest single blog post that you have published. This is useful for example, if you promote a weekly special, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post upcoming events, set up a weekly community page for updates and announcements, etc.
You can also use this feature to fill an empty space on your blog page if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason may be, WordPress gives you the flexibility to set the number of posts to display on main blog page.
In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to set the number of blog post entries you want to show on your blog page.
How To Change The Number Of Blog Post Entries To Display On Your WordPress Blog
WordPress lets you specify how many published blog posts you would like listed on the blog page of your web site.
How many posts you want to display is completely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit 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 set how many blog posts you would like to show on the blog page of your web site, go to your WordPress navigation menu and click on Settings > Reading …
Configure your options in the Reading Settings page as per the screenshot below:
How To Specify The Number Of Posts On The Home Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the home page shows your most recent 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 items you want to display – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done to update your settings…
How To Modify The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Blog Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a website, where the front page is a fixed page and your newest posts display on a separate blog page, then set your options 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 post items that you want showing – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done …
Now, when visitors land on your site, they will see posts displayed either on your main page or blog page, up to the maximum number of posts 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 blog posts you would like displayed on the blog page.
Related Posts
If you are a WordPress newbie, you may also find the following related posts useful:
- How To Set A Page In WordPress As A Static Home Page
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Blog Post Entries In WordPress
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