As we’ve discussed in previous posts, by default, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and shows your most recent published entries on the front page, unless you fix a page as your front page.

In another article, we also cover how to create a WordPress blog page to show your latest published content.

Regardless of your choice to have your blog posts on your home page or your blog page, With WordPress you can set a specific number of items to show up on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’ etc.)

Your WP website will then display your most recently published content on your blog page up to the maximum number of posts you have specified, even if your WordPress site contains more posts than the number set to display …

Having the ability to specify the number of post items can display on your blog page is useful.

For example, you can display only the latest single post item 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 an upcoming event, set up a monthly community page for 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 change the number of blog posts that you want to show on your blog page.

Let’s show you, then, how easy it is to change how many blog post entries will show on your blog page.

How To Specify The Number Of Posts To Display On Your Blog Page

WordPress lets you choose how many blog post entries you would like listed on your blog page.

How many posts you want displayed is completely up to you. there is no limit to this amount …

Note: Select a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the entries load on your site. You can always raise or lower the number of items displayed on your blog page.

To specify the number of published posts you would like to display on your blog page website, select Settings > Reading from the WordPress dashboard menu …

Configure your options in the Reading Settings screen as shown below:

Modifying The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Front Page

If you are using your WP site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the home page displays your most recent post entries, then set your options as shown below:

1. Front page displays: Set this to Your latest posts
2. Blog pages show at most: X posts (where ‘X’ is the number of posts that you want to show – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
3. Click on Save Changes when done to update your settings…

Changing The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Blog Page

If you are using your site as a website, where the front page is a fixed page and your newest posts display on a separate blog page, then set your options as shown below:

1. Front page displays: Set this to A static page, then select Posts page: > your Blog Page from the drop down menu
2. Blog pages show at most: X posts X posts (where ‘X’ is the number of entries you want displayed – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
3. Click on Save Changes when done …

Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see 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:

• How To Use WordPress Post Excerpts And Post Previews

Congratulations! Now you know how to change the number of published blog posts you would like to show on the blog page of your web site.

Related Posts

If you are new to WordPress, you may also find the following topic-related posts useful:

• How To Create A Static Home Page In WordPress
• How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Post Entries

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