As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your newest published entries on the home page, unless you specify a page as a static home page.
In a previous article, we also discussed how to create a blog page to display your most recent blog posts.
Whether you choose to make blog post entries on your front page or your blog page, With WordPress you can specify the number of published blog post entries to show on these pages (e.g. ‘1’, ’7’, ’15’ etc.)
Your site will then display your most recent published articles on your blog page up to the maximum number of items you have specified, even if your site contains more posts than the number of posts you have set to display …
Being able to set how many blog posts will display on your blog page can be useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest blog post you have published. This is handy for example, if you promote a weekly special, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post upcoming events, set up a weekly community page for announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this feature to fill an ugly space on your blog if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason, WordPress gives you the flexibility to specify the number of posts that you want to show on main blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how easy it is to specify the number of posts will display on your WordPress blog.
How To Change The Number Of Posts To Display On Your WordPress Blog
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress lets you choose how many published blog posts you want to show on the blog page of your website.
The number of posts you would like displayed is entirely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this amount …
Note: Choose a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the content loads on your site. You can always increase or decrease the amount of posts displayed.
To specify the number of published blog posts you want listed on your website’s blog page website, go to the WordPress admin menu and select Settings > Reading …
Configure your settings in the Reading Settings section as shown in the screenshot below:
How To Edit The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Home Page
If you are using your WP site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the main page shows your newest published blog content, 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 blog post items you want to display – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when finished…
Modifying 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 newest published blog content display 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 posts that you want to display – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done to update your settings …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see posts displayed 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 set the amount of published blog posts you want to show on the blog page of your WP website.
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