As we’ve discussed in other 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 a front page.
In another article, we have also explained how to create a blog page to show your latest published entries.
Regardless of your choice to make blog posts on your main page or your blog page, With WordPress you can specify the number of published posts to show up on these pages (e.g. ’2’, ’5’, ‘9’ etc.)
Your WordPress website will then display blog post entries on your blog page up to the maximum number of items you have set, even if your WP website or blog contains more blog posts than the number you have set to display …
Being able to specify how many blog post items display on your WordPress site can be useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest single post that you have published. This is useful, if, for example, you promote a different expiring offer each week, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post upcoming events, set up a quarterly community page for announcements, etc.
You can also use this great feature to fill an empty space on your blog if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason may be, WordPress gives you the flexibility to change the number of posts to display on your blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how to easily change how many blog posts you want to show on your blog page.
How To Change The Number Of Blog Posts To Display On Your WordPress Blog
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress lets you specify how many published blog post entries you would like displayed on your blog page.
The number of posts you want displayed is entirely up to you. there is no limit to this amount …
Note: We recommend selecting a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the entries load on your site. You can always increase or decrease the amount of posts displayed on your blog page.
To specify how many published blog posts you want listed on your site’s blog page web site, click on Settings > Reading from the WordPress dashboard menu …
Configure the options in the Reading Settings page as shown below:
Changing The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Front Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the front page displays your most recent 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 entries you want to display – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done…
How To Specify The Number Of Posts Showing On The Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the home page shows 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 post items that you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when done to update your settings …
Now, when visitors come to your site, they will see your newest blog posts showing 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 set the number of blog post entries you want listed on the blog page of your WP website.
Related Posts
If you are new to WordPress, you may also find the following related posts useful:
- How To Make The WordPress Page You Want Become The Home Page Of Your Website
- How To Create A Blog Page In WordPress
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