As we’ve discussed in previous posts, by default, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and shows your most recent blog posts on the main page, unless you specify a page as a static home page.
In a previously published post, we also discuss how to create a WordPress blog page to show your latest published posts.
Regardless of your choice to have blog post entries on your main page or your blog page, you can specify the number of items to display on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ’4’, ’12’ etc.)
Your website will then display blog post entries on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have set, even if your site contains more posts than the number you have set to display …
The ability to specify how many post items display on your web site is useful.
For example, you can display only the latest post you have published. This can be useful, if, for example, you promote a different expiring 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 weekly social page for updates and announcements, etc.
You can also use this great feature to fill an empty space on your blog page if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason, With WordPress you have the flexibility to change the number of posts to show on your blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how easy it is to change how many posts will show on your WordPress blog.
How To Specify The Number Of Blog Posts Displayed On Your WordPress Blog Page
WordPress lets you choose how many blog post entries you want to display on the blog page of your site.
How many blog posts you would like to display is completely up to you. there is no limit to this amount …
Note: We recommend that you select a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the content loads on your site. You can always raise or lower the number of posts displayed.
To specify the number of blog post entries you would like to show on the blog page website, go to the WP navigation menu and click on Settings > Reading …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings panel as per the screenshot below:
How To Change The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Main Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the home page displays your most recent published blog 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 blog posts that you want to display – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when done…
How To Edit The Number Of Posts On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the home page is a fixed page and your most recent posts show up on a separate blog page, then set your options 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 blog posts that you want to show – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done to update your settings …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see your most recently published articles 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 published blog posts you would like to have showing on the blog page of your WP web site.
Related Posts
If you are a new WordPress user, you may also find the following related posts useful:
- How To Make Any Page Become Your Site’s Home Page In WordPress
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Blog Posts In WordPress
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