As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your most recent post entries on the home page, unless you fix a page as your home page.
In a previous post, we also address how to create a WordPress blog page to display your most recent blog post entries.
Regardless of your choice to have blog post entries on your main page or your blog page, With WordPress you can specify the number of blog posts to appear on these pages (e.g. ’2’, ’7’, ‘9’ etc.)
Your website will then display your most recent published articles 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 of items set to display …
Having the ability to specify how many blog posts can display on your blog page is useful.
For example, you can display only the most recent blog post you have published. This is handy for example, if you want to promote a weekly special, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post an upcoming event, set up a quarterly community page for updates and announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this feature to fill an empty space on your blog if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason may be, WordPress gives you the flexibility to change the number of blog posts that will display on your blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how easy it is to specify how many blog posts will display on your blog page.
Specifying The Number Of Blog Posts Displayed On Your WordPress Blog Page
WordPress allows you to specify how many posts you would like to have displaying on the blog page of your website.
The number of entries you want to display is completely up to you. there is no limit to this amount …
Note: Choose a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the content loads on your site. You can always raise or lower the number of posts displayed on your blog page.
To set the number of blog posts you would like displayed on the blog page of your WordPress site, go to your WordPress dashboard menu and click on Settings > Reading …
Configure the options in the Reading Settings page as per the screenshot below:
Modifying The Number Of Posts On Your Home Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the home 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 entries that you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished…
Specifying The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the home page displays a fixed page and your most recent posts display on a separate blog page, then set your options 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 post items that you want displayed – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when done …
Now, when visitors land on your site, they will see posts displayed 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 change the number of published blog posts you want to show on your WordPress site’s blog page.
Related Posts
If you are new to WordPress, you may also find the following posts useful:
- How To Display Any Page As The Home Page Of Your WP Site
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Posts
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