How To Set The Number Of Blog Posts To Display In WordPress

Learn how to set the number of published blog posts to display on your WordPress blog page …

Specifying The Number Of Posts To Display On Your Blog - Step-By-Step TutorialAs we’ve discussed in other posts, by default, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and shows your most recent published entries on the front page, unless you set a fixed page as a static home page.

How To Change How Many Published Blog Post Entries Display On Your WP Blog: Tutorial

In another tutorial, we also cover how to create a WordPress blog page to show your most recent published articles.

Regardless of your choice to make your most recently published posts display on your main page or your blog page, you can specify the number of posts to show on these pages (i.e. ’2’, ’6’, ’10’ etc.)

Your site will then display posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have specified, even if your site contains more posts than the number of posts you have set to display …

Step-By-Step Tutorial: How To Specify The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Blog

Having the ability to specify how many posts display on your site has a number of uses.

For example, you can display only the latest post item that you have published. This can be handy, if, for example, you are promoting a different expiring offer each week, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post upcoming events, set up a monthly team page for updates and announcements, etc.

Or, you can use this feature to fill an ugly space on your blog if your sidebar menu runs too long …

How To Change The Number Of Published Blog Post Entries Displayed On Your Blog - Step-By-Step Tutorial

Whatever the reason, With WordPress you have the flexibility to specify the number of posts that will display on main blog page.

Let’s show you, then, how to easily change the number of posts to display on your blog.

Changing The Number Of Post Entries To Display On Your WordPress Blog Page

WordPress lets you specify how many blog posts you would like to show on your site’s blog page.

Useful Tip

How many blog posts you want to display is completely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this amount …

Tutorial: Setting The Number Of Published Blog Items Showing On Your WP Blog

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

To set the number of blog post entries you want displayed on the blog page of your website, click on Settings > Reading from your WP admin menu …

How To Set How Many Entries Show On Your Blog Page - Step-By-Step Tutorial

Configure your options in the Reading Settings panel as per the screenshot below:

How To Edit The Number Of Posts Showing On The Front Page

If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the home page displays your newest 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 you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
  3. Click the ‘Save’ button when finished to update your settings…

How To Set The Number Of Blog Post Entries Showing On Your WordPress Blog: Step-By-Step Tutorial

Editing The Number Of Posts On Your Blog Page

If you are using your WordPress site as a website, where the home page is a fixed page and your latest posts display on a separate blog page, then edit your settings 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 posts you want showing – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
  3. Click on Save Changes when finished …

Changing The Number Of Blog Post Items Showing On Your WP Blog Page - Tutorial

Now, when visitors land on your site, they will see posts showing either on your front page or blog page, as per the settings you have specified …

Tutorial - How To Set The Number Of Blog Post Entries Showing On Your WP Blog Page

Tip

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 blog posts you would like to have showing on the blog page of your site.

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