As we’ve discussed in previous posts, by default, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and shows your newest published posts on the front page, unless you set a specific page as a static home page.
In a previously published tutorial, we also address how to create a WordPress blog page to show your most recent post.
Regardless of your choice to have posts on your main page or your blog page, With WordPress you can specify the number of posts to appear on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ’7’, ‘9’ etc.)
Your site will then display your most recently published articles on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have set, even if your WordPress site contains more blog posts than the number of items you have set to display …
The ability to set how many blog posts can display on your WordPress site can be useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest post you have published. This can be useful, if, for example, you want to promote a weekly special, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post an upcoming event, set up a quarterly social page for announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this great feature to fill an ugly space on your blog page if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason, With WordPress you have the flexibility to set the number of blog posts that you want to display on main blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how to easily specify the number of blog post entries to show on your blog.
Changing The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your WordPress Blog
WordPress allows you to specify how many blog post entries you want to have showing on the blog page of your website.
The number of posts you want displayed is entirely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this number …
Note: Select a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the entries load on your site. You can always raise or lower the number of items displayed on your blog page.
To specify how many blog posts you would like to have displaying on the blog page of your WordPress web site, select Settings > Reading from the WP navigation menu …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings panel as per the screenshot below:
How To Edit The Number Of Posts On The Front Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the home page displays your most recent 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 items you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished…
Changing The Number Of Posts Showing On The Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the front page displays a fixed page and your latest blog posts show up 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 blog post items you want displayed – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when finished …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see your most recent published articles displayed 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 change the number of published blog post entries you want to show on your WP website’s blog page.
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