As we’ve discussed in other posts, by default, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and shows your most recent blog posts on the main page, unless you fix a page as a static main page.
In a previous article, we also discussed how to create a WordPress blog page to display your most recent published content.
Regardless of your choice to have your most recent published articles on your home page or your blog page, With WordPress you can set a specific number of items to appear on these pages (e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’12’ etc.)
Your WP website will then display posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog posts you have specified, even if your website contains more posts than the number of items you have set to display …
Having the ability to set how many posts will display on your blog page has a number of practical uses.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the most recent entry you have published. This is useful, if, for example, you want to promote a different expiring offer each week, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post upcoming events, set up a weekly corporate page for announcements, etc.
You can also use this feature to fill an ugly space on your blog page if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason, With WordPress you have the flexibility to specify the number of blog posts to show on your blog page.
In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to specify how many blog posts will show on your site’s blog page.
How To Change The Number Of Post Entries Displayed On Your Blog Page
WordPress allows you to specify how many posts you would like listed on the blog page of your web site.
The number of posts you would like to display is completely up to you. there is no limit to this amount …
Note: Pick 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 on your blog page.
To set the number of blog post entries you would like listed on the blog page of your site, go to your WordPress dashboard menu and choose Settings > Reading …
Configure your options in the Reading Settings section as shown below:
Changing The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Home Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the main page displays your latest 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 posts you want showing – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when done to update your settings…
Modifying The Number Of Posts On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the main page shows a fixed page and your latest published post entries show up 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 post entries you want to display – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done …
Now, when visitors come to your site, they will see your latest blog posts displayed either on your main 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 amount of posts you would like to display on the blog page of your website.
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