As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and displays your latest blog posts on the main page, unless you fix a page as a home page.
In a previous article, we’ve also addressed how to create a blog page to show your latest blog posts.
Whether you choose to make posts on your main page or your blog page, With WordPress you can specify the number of published post entries to display on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ’6’, ’15’ etc.)
Your website will then display your most recently published articles on your blog page up to the maximum number of posts you have specified, even if your website contains more posts than the number of items set to display …
The ability to set the number of blog post items display on your site can be very useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest single post you have published. This is handy, if, for example, you want to promote a different limited-time offer each week, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post an upcoming event, set up a weekly community page for updates and announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this feature to fill an empty space on your blog page if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason, With WordPress you have the flexibility to set the number of blog posts to show on main blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how easy it is to set how many blog posts to show up on your blog.
How To Change The Number Of Blog Posts To Display On Your Blog Page
WordPress lets you specify how many blog posts you want listed on the blog page of your web site.
The number of blog posts you want to display is completely up to you. there is no limit to this number …
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 number of posts displayed on your blog page.
To set how many published blog posts you would like listed on your blog page website, go to your WordPress dashboard menu and select Settings > Reading …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings section as shown below:
Changing The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Front Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the front page displays your newest 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 entries that you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when finished…
How To Edit The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the front page displays a fixed page and your latest post entries show up 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 blog posts you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when done …
Now, when visitors come to your website, they will see your most recently published articles showing 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 set the number of published posts you want to show on the blog page of your web site.
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