As we’ve discussed in other posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and shows your latest blog posts on the front page, unless you specify a page as a home page.
In a previous article, we also explain how to create a blog page to show your latest published content.
Regardless of your choice to have posts on your home page or your blog page, you can set a specific number of blog post entries to show up on these pages (i.e. ’2’, ’7’, ’12’ etc.)
Your WordPress site will then display blog post entries on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have specified, even if your web site contains more blog posts than the number of items you have set to display …
Being able to set how many blog post items will display on your blog page is useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest single post item you have published. This is useful for example, if you want to promote 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 quarterly office page for updates and 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, With WordPress you have the flexibility to change the number of blog posts that you want to show on main blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how easy it is to change the number of blog post entries you want to show up on your site’s blog page.
How To Specify The Number Of Posts To Display On Your WordPress Blog Page
WordPress lets you choose how many published posts you want displayed on your site’s blog page.
The number of blog posts you would like to display is entirely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this amount …
Note: Pick a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the content loads on your site. You can always raise or lower the amount of items displayed on your blog page.
To specify how many published blog posts you want to display on your blog page web site, go to the WP admin menu and choose Settings > Reading …
Configure your options in the Reading Settings page as per the screenshot below:
Specifying The Number Of Posts On Your 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 post entries, 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 post entries that you want displayed – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done…
How To Specify The Number Of Posts Showing On The Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the front page is a fixed page and your newest post entries display on a separate blog page, then edit your settings 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 posts you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done …
Now, when visitors come to your site, they will see your most recently published articles showing either on your front 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 blog post entries you would like listed on your WP website’s blog page.
Related Posts
If you are a new WordPress user, you may also find the following related posts useful:
- How To Make A Specific WordPress Page Become The Home Page Of Your Web Site
- How To Create A Blog Section In WordPress
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