As we’ve discussed in other posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your latest post entries on the home page, unless you set a fixed page as a static front page.
In a previous article, we also discuss how to create a blog page to show your most recent published entries.
Regardless of your choice to have your most recent published articles on your front page or your blog page, With WordPress you can set a specific number of items to show on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ’4’, ’15’ etc.)
Your site will then display recently published post entries on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have specified, even if your WP site contains more blog posts than the number of items set to display …
The ability to specify how many posts can display on your blog page can be useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest blog post item that you have published. This can be useful, if, for example, you want to send your readers to a different limited-time offer each month, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post upcoming events, set up a weekly office page for announcements, etc.
You can also use this feature to fill an ugly space on your blog page if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason may be, WordPress gives you the flexibility to set the number of posts to show on your blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how easy it is to change the number of blog post entries will display on your WordPress blog.
Setting The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Blog
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress lets you specify how many published posts you would like displayed on the blog page of your website.
The number of entries you want displayed is completely up to you. there is no limit to this number …
Note: We recommend selecting a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the content loads on your site. You can always increase or decrease the number of items displayed on your blog page.
To specify the number of posts you would like to display on the blog page of your WordPress website, choose Settings > Reading from your WP admin menu …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings screen as shown in the screenshot below:
Specifying The Number Of Posts On The Home Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the front page displays your latest posts, then edit your settings as shown below:
- Front page displays: Set this to Your latest posts
- Blog pages show at most: X posts (where ‘X’ is the number of blog posts that you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished to update your settings…
How To Change The Number Of Posts On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the main page displays a fixed page and your most recent post entries 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 blog post items you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see recently published articles showing 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 change the amount of published blog post entries you want to show on your site’s blog page.
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