As we’ve discussed in other posts, by default, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your latest blog posts on the home page, unless you set a specific page as a static main page.
In a previous article, we also address how to create a blog page to display your latest published posts.
Regardless of your choice to have blog posts on your main page or your blog page, With WordPress you can specify the number of items to display on these pages (e.g. ‘1’, ’4’, ’10’ etc.)
Your WordPress website will then display posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog posts you have set, even if your website contains more posts than the number of items set to display …
Having the ability to specify the number of entries will display on your WordPress site can be useful.
For example, you can display only the most recent post item that you have published. This can be handy 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 monthly social page for announcements, etc.
You can also use this feature to fill an ugly space on your blog if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason, WordPress gives you the flexibility to change the number of posts that you want to show on your blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how easy it is to set the number of posts to display on your WordPress blog.
Changing The Number Of Blog Post Entries Displayed On Your WordPress Blog Page
WordPress lets you specify how many blog post entries you want to show on your website’s blog page.
How many blog posts you would like to display is completely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this number …
Note: We suggest selecting a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the content loads on your site. You can always increase or decrease the number of posts displayed.
To specify how many published blog posts you want to have displaying on the blog page of your WP site, choose Settings > Reading from your WP navigation menu …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings screen as shown below:
Changing The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Main Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the front page shows your most recent 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 blog posts you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when done…
How To Modify The Number Of Posts On The Blog Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a website, where the home page displays a fixed page and your most recent posts show up 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 post entries that you want to display – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see blog post entries displayed 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 amount of published blog posts you would like to display on the blog page of your website.
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