As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and displays your most recent posts on the main page, unless you fix a page as the main page.
In another tutorial, we also address how to create a WordPress blog page to display your most recent published posts.
Regardless of your choice to make display blog posts on your home page or your blog page, you can specify the number of blog post entries to display on these pages (i.e. ’2’, ’4’, ’15’ etc.)
Your WP website will then display posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog posts you have set, even if your site contains more blog posts than the number of posts set to display …
Having the ability to specify the number of blog post items display on your WordPress site has a number of practical applications.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest post item that you have published. This can be handy for example, if you want to send your readers to a different time-sensitive offer each month, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post an upcoming event, set up a quarterly team page for updates and announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this great feature to fill an ugly space on your blog page if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason, With WordPress you have the flexibility to specify the number of posts that will show on your blog page.
In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to set how many posts you want to display on your site’s blog page.
How To Change The Number Of Blog Posts To Display On Your Blog Page
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress allows you to specify how many published blog posts you want to show on the blog page.
How many entries you want to display is entirely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this amount …
Note: Choose a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the entries load on your site. You can always raise or lower the number of posts displayed on your blog page.
To specify the number of published posts you would like to have showing on the blog page of your website, go to the WordPress dashboard menu and choose Settings > Reading …
Configure the options in the Reading Settings screen as per the screenshot below:
How To Change 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 home page displays your latest posts, 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 blog post entries you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when done…
Changing 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 post entries show up 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 entries you want to show – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished …
Now, when visitors come to your site, they will see your newest blog posts 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 set the number of blog post entries you would like to show on your WP site’s blog page.
Related Posts
If you are new to WordPress, you may also find the following related posts useful:
- How To Make A Page Of Your Choice Become The Home Page Of Your WP Site
- How To Create A Blog Section In Your WP Site
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