As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and displays your most recent blog posts on the main page, unless you set a fixed page as a static home page.
In a previous post, we also discuss how to create a blog page to show your most recent post.
Regardless of your choice to make your most recent published articles on your home page or your blog page, WordPress lets you set a specific number of published blog post entries to appear on these pages (i.e. ’2’, ’4’, ’10’ etc.)
Your WP website will then display blog post entries on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have set, even if your WordPress website or blog contains more blog posts than the number of posts set to display …
Being able to set how many entries can display on your web site has a number of practical uses.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest blog post that you have published. This can be handy, if, for example, you promote a different time-sensitive offer each month, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post upcoming events, set up a weekly social page for announcements, etc.
You can also use this great feature to fill an empty space on your blog if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason, WordPress gives you the flexibility to change the number of blog posts to show on main blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how easy it is to set the number of blog posts you want to show on your WordPress blog.
How To Change The Number Of Post Entries To Display On Your WordPress Blog
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress allows you to choose how many published blog posts you want listed on your website’s blog page.
The number of posts you want displayed is entirely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this amount …
Note: We suggest selecting a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the content loads on your site. You can always raise or lower the amount of posts displayed on your blog page.
To set how many published posts you want to have displaying on the blog page of your WordPress website, go to your WordPress dashboard menu and choose Settings > Reading …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings section as shown below:
How To Modify The Number Of Posts On The Front Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the front page shows your most recent posts, then set your options 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 blog post items that you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when finished to update your settings…
Modifying The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the main page shows a fixed page and your newest published blog post items show up 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 blog posts that you want to show – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when done to update your settings …
Now, when visitors land on your website, 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 blog post entries you would like to have showing on your site’s blog page.
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