As we’ve discussed in previous posts, by default, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and shows your most recent posts on the front page, unless you specify a page as the front page.
In a previous tutorial, we also address how to create a blog page to display your latest published articles.
Whether you choose to make display posts on your main page or your blog page, you can specify the number of blog post entries to show up on these pages (e.g. ’2’, ’5’, ‘9’ etc.)
Your website will then display blog post entries on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog posts you have set, even if your WP website or blog contains more blog posts than the number of items you have set to display …
Being able to specify the number of blog posts display on your web site has a number of practical uses.
For example, you can display only the latest post that you have published. This can be handy, if, for example, you want to send your readers to 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 weekly social page for updates and announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this feature to fill an empty space on your blog if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason may be, With WordPress you have the flexibility to change the number of posts that you want to show on main blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how to easily set how many posts to display on your site’s blog page.
Changing The Number Of Blog Posts To Display On Your WordPress Blog Page
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress allows you to choose how many blog post entries you want listed on the blog page.
The number of blog posts you would like displayed is entirely up to you. there is no limit to this amount …
Note: Choose a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the content loads on your site. You can always raise or lower the amount of items displayed on your blog page.
To specify the number of blog posts you would like to have showing on your site’s blog page web site, select Settings > Reading from your WP admin menu …
Configure your settings in the Reading Settings screen as per the screenshot below:
How To Modify The Number Of Posts Showing On The Main Page
If you are using your WP site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the main page displays your newest published post entries, 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 posts that you want to display – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when finished…
To Edit The Number Of Posts Showing On The Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the front page shows a fixed page and your latest blog posts 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 blog post entries that you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done …
Now, when visitors come to your site, they will see posts showing either on your home 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 change the number of published blog posts you would like to display on your website’s blog page.
Related Posts
If you are learning how to use WordPress, 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 Posts
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