As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and shows your latest post entries on the home page, unless you set a fixed page as a main page.
In another post, we also show you how to create a blog page to display your latest blog posts.
Whether you choose to make display blog posts on your front page or your blog page, With WordPress you can set a specific number of blog post entries to show on these pages (i.e. ’2’, ’4’, ’15’ etc.)
Your WordPress website will then display blog post entries on your blog page up to the maximum number of posts you have set, even if your site contains more posts than the number of items set to display …
Being able to specify the number of entries can display on your WordPress site has a number of uses.
For example, you can display only the most recent blog post item you have published. This is handy for example, if you want to send your readers to a different expiring offer each month, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post upcoming events, set up a weekly social page for updates and announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this great feature to fill an ugly space on your blog if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason may be, With WordPress you have the flexibility to change the number of blog posts to display on your blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how to easily specify how many posts to show on your blog.
How To Set 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 posts you would like to have showing on your blog page.
The number of entries you want displayed is entirely up to you. there is no limit to this amount …
Note: Pick a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the content loads on your site. You can always increase or decrease the number of items displayed on your blog page.
To specify the number of published blog post entries you would like to display on your website’s blog page site, choose Settings > Reading from the WordPress navigation menu …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings page as per the screenshot below:
Editing The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Front Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the main page shows your newest 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 – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished…
To Modify The Number Of Posts On The Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the front page displays a fixed page and your newest posts display on a separate blog page, then set your options 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 posts you want to show – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done to update your settings …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see your most recent published articles displayed either on your main 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 published blog posts you want to show on your site’s blog page.
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