As we’ve discussed in previous posts, by default, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and shows your latest post entries on the front page, unless you set a fixed page as your front page.
In a previous tutorial, we also discuss how to create a WordPress blog page to display your most recent blog posts.
Whether you choose to make posts on your front page or your blog page, WordPress lets you specify the number of items to show on these pages (e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’15’ etc.)
Your WP website will then display your blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of posts you have specified, even if your website contains more blog posts than the number of posts you have set to display …
Being able to specify the number of blog posts can display on your WordPress site can be useful.
For example, you can display only the latest single post that you have published. This can be handy for example, if you promote a different time-sensitive 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 monthly community page for announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this 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 change the number of posts that will display on your blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how easy it is to change the number of blog posts will display on your WordPress blog.
How To Set The Number Of Posts To Display On Your WordPress Blog
WordPress allows you to specify how many blog post entries you want displayed on the blog page of your website.
The number of entries you would like displayed is entirely up to you. there is no limit to this number …
Note: Choose 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 posts displayed on your blog page.
To set the number of published posts you want to show on your blog page website, select Settings > Reading from the WordPress navigation menu …
Configure your settings in the Reading Settings panel as shown in the screenshot below:
How To Modify The Number Of Posts On Your Home Page
If you are using your WP site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the main page shows your latest published 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 post entries you want to display – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when finished…
How To Change The Number Of Posts Showing On The Blog Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a website, where the main page is a fixed page and your most recent published blog content 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 post items you want to display – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done to update your settings …
Now, when visitors come to your site, they will see 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 number of posts you want to display on the blog page of your site.
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