As we’ve discussed in previous posts, by default, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and displays your newest posts on the home page, unless you set a fixed page as a static front page.
In a previously published article, we have also covered how to create a WordPress blog page to display your most recent published posts.
Regardless of your choice to make your most recent published articles on your main page or your blog page, you can specify the number of items to show on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ’7’, ’12’ etc.)
Your website will then display recently published post entries on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have set, even if your web site contains more blog posts than the number of posts set to display …
Having the ability to specify the number of post items will display on your WordPress site is useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the most recent post that you have published. This is useful, if, for example, you want to send your readers to 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 quarterly community page for updates and announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this feature to fill an empty space on your blog if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason, With WordPress you have the flexibility to specify the number of posts that will show on main blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how to specify how many blog posts you want to display on your site’s blog page.
How To Set The Number Of Posts To Display On Your WordPress Blog Page
WordPress allows you to specify how many published blog posts you would like to display on the blog page of your site.
The number of entries you would like to display is completely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this number …
Note: Select 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.
To set the number of posts you want to have showing on the blog page of your WP website, choose Settings > Reading from the WordPress admin menu …
Configure your settings in the Reading Settings section as per the screenshot below:
Specifying The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Main Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the home page displays your latest blog 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 post entries you want to show – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when finished…
Changing The Number Of Posts Showing On The Blog Page
If you are using your WP site as a website, where the front page displays a fixed page and your newest published blog items display on a separate blog page, then edit your settings 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 you want displayed – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when finished to update your settings …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see your most recent published articles displayed either on your home 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 change the number of posts you want displayed on the blog page of your WordPress web site.
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