As we’ve discussed in previous posts, by default, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and shows your latest post entries on the main page, unless you specify a page as the front page.
In a separate post, we have also explained how to create a blog page to display your latest blog posts.
Whether you choose to have posts on your front page or your blog page, you can specify the number of posts to appear on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘9’ etc.)
Your website will then display blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of items you have specified, even if your web site contains more posts than the number of items set to display …
The ability to specify the number of posts display on your WordPress site can be useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest single blog post that you have published. This can be handy, if, for example, you want to send your readers to a different limited-time 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 quarterly corporate page for updates and announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this feature to fill an empty space on your blog if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason may be, With WordPress you have the flexibility to change the number of posts that will display on your blog page.
In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to specify the number of blog posts will display on your site’s blog page.
How To Change The Number Of Blog Post Entries Displayed On Your WordPress Blog Page
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress allows you to specify how many published blog post entries you would like to have displaying on the blog page of your site.
The number of entries you want to display is completely up to you. there is no limit to this number …
Note: Pick 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 would like to have showing on your blog page site, go to the WP navigation menu and click on Settings > Reading …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings page as per the screenshot below:
Changing The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Home Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the front page shows your latest published entries, then set your options 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 posts you want displayed – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished…
Specifying The Number Of Posts On The Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the home page displays a fixed page and your most recent posts display 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 entries you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when finished …
Now, when visitors come to your website, they will see blog 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 change the amount of published blog posts you would like to show on your site’s blog page.
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