As we’ve discussed in other posts, by default, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and displays your newest published entries on the home page, unless you specify a page as your home page.
In another post, we also discuss how to create a blog page to show your most recent post.
Regardless of your choice to have blog post entries on your main page or your blog page, WordPress lets you specify the number of blog posts to show up on these pages (i.e. ’2’, ’6’, ‘9’ etc.)
Your WordPress website will then display blog post entries on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have specified, even if your WordPress site contains more blog posts than the number of posts you have set to display …
The ability to specify the number of entries can display on your web site is useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest post you have published. This is useful for example, if you want to 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 monthly social page for updates and announcements, etc.
You can also use this great feature to fill an empty space on your blog if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason may be, With WordPress you have the flexibility to set the number of blog posts that will show on main blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how to easily specify the number of blog posts to show on your blog.
Specifying The Number Of Blog Posts Displayed On Your WordPress Blog Page
WordPress allows you to choose how many posts you would like to have displaying on your website’s blog page.
How many posts you would like to display is entirely up to you. there is no limit to this amount …
Note: We recommend that you choose a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the content loads on your site. You can always raise or lower the number of posts displayed.
To set how many published blog post entries you want to show on your website’s blog page web site, select Settings > Reading from your WordPress admin menu …
Configure the options in the Reading Settings screen as shown below:
How To Modify The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your 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 blog 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 items that you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when done…
To Change The Number Of Posts On The Blog Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a website, where the home page is a fixed page and your newest 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 post entries you want showing – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished to update your settings …
Now, when visitors come to your website, they will see your most recently published articles showing 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 set the amount of blog post entries you would like to show on the blog page of your website.
Related Posts
If you are a new WordPress user, you may also find the following topic-related posts useful:
- How To Set Any Page As The Home Page Of Your WordPress Site
- How To Create A Blog Section In WordPress
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