As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and shows your newest published entries on the main page, unless you fix a page as your main page.
In a previous tutorial, we’ve also shown you how to create a blog page to display your latest published content.
Whether you choose to make posts on your front page or your blog page, With WordPress you can set a specific number of blog posts to show on these pages (e.g. ’2’, ‘3’, ‘9’ etc.)
Your WordPress website will then display your most recently published posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of items you have specified, even if your WP website or blog contains more posts than the number you have set to display …
Having the ability to specify the number of post items will display on your blog page has a number of uses.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest single entry you have published. This is handy, if, for example, you are promoting a weekly special, a ’book of the month’ 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 great feature to fill an ugly space on your blog page if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason may be, With WordPress you have the flexibility to specify the number of blog posts to display on main blog page.
In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to easily change the number of posts to display on your blog page.
How To Set The Number Of Posts To Display On Your WordPress Blog Page
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress lets you specify how many published blog post entries you would like to show on the blog page of your site.
How many posts you would like displayed is completely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this amount …
Note: We recommend choosing a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the entries load on your site. You can always raise or lower the amount of posts displayed.
To specify how many published blog post entries you would like to display on your site’s blog page site, choose Settings > Reading from the WordPress admin menu …
Configure your options in the Reading Settings section as per the screenshot below:
Editing The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Home Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the front page displays your newest post entries, then edit your settings as shown below:
- Front page displays: Set this to Your latest posts
- Blog pages show at most: X posts (where ‘X’ is the number of post entries that you want to display – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished…
How To Change The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Blog Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a website, where the main page displays a fixed page and your newest published post items 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 items that you want to display – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done …
Now, when visitors land on your site, they will see your most recently published blog post entries showing 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 change the number of published blog post entries you would like to show on the blog page of your web site.
Related Posts
If you are a new WordPress user, you may also find the following posts useful:
- How To Create A Static Homepage In WordPress
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Blog Post Entries In WordPress
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