As we’ve discussed in other posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and shows your most recent blog posts on the home page, unless you set a specific page as a static home page.
In a previously published post, we also address how to create a blog page to display your latest published posts.
Whether you choose to have your most recently published blog post entries show up on your main page or your blog page, you can specify the number of posts to display on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ’7’, ‘9’ etc.)
Your website will then display your most recently published articles on your blog page up to the maximum number of posts you have set, even if your WP website or blog contains more blog posts than the number of posts you have set to display …
The ability to specify the number of post items display on your web site is useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest post item 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 quarterly social page for announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this great feature to fill an empty space on your blog page if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason, With WordPress you have the flexibility to change the number of posts to display on main blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how easy it is to change the number of posts to show up on your blog.
How To Specify The Number Of Blog Posts To Display On Your Blog Page
WordPress allows you to choose how many published blog posts you want to have showing on the blog page of your website.
The number of posts you would like to display is completely up to you. there is no limit to this amount …
Note: We suggest choosing a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the entries load on your site. You can always raise or lower the amount of items displayed on your blog page.
To set the number of posts you want displayed on your website’s blog page website, go to your WordPress navigation menu and click on Settings > Reading …
Configure the options in the Reading Settings section as per the screenshot below:
Changing The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Main Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the front page displays your latest blog posts, 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 post items that you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when done…
How To Specify The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the front page is a fixed page and your most recent published 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 post items that you want to display – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when finished to update your settings …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see your latest blog posts displayed either on your front 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 set the number of blog post entries you want to have showing on the blog page of your web site.
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