As we’ve discussed in other posts, by default, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and shows your newest blog posts on the home page, unless you specify a page as your main page.
In a separate article, we also discuss how to create a WordPress blog page to show your most recent published content.
Whether you choose to make posts on your main page or your blog page, With WordPress you can set a specific number of posts to show on these pages (e.g. ’2’, ’4’, ‘9’ etc.)
Your site will then display blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of items you have specified, even if your WordPress website contains more posts than the number you have set to display …
Being able to set the number of post items will display on your site can be very useful.
For example, you can display only the latest blog post item you have published. This is useful for example, if you promote a different time-sensitive offer each month, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post an upcoming event, set up a monthly corporate page for updates and announcements, etc.
You can also use this great feature to fill an ugly space on your blog page if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason may be, With WordPress you have the flexibility to change the number of posts that will display on your blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how to change the number of blog posts will show up on your blog page.
How To Specify The Number Of Blog Posts To Display On Your Blog
WordPress lets you choose how many blog posts you want displayed on your blog page.
How many blog posts you would like displayed is entirely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this amount …
Note: Pick a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the content loads on your site. You can always raise or lower the amount of posts displayed.
To set how many posts you want to have showing on the blog page of your WordPress site, choose Settings > Reading from the WordPress dashboard menu …
Configure the options in the Reading Settings section as shown in the screenshot below:
How To Modify The Number Of Posts On The Main Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the main page shows your most recent posts, then edit your settings 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 items you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when finished to update your settings…
To Specify The Number Of Posts Showing On The Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the home page displays a fixed page and your most recent blog posts show up 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 items you want to display – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see blog posts 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 set the amount of blog post entries you want displayed on the blog page.
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