As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your most recent blog posts on the home page, unless you set a specific page as your home page.
In a previously published tutorial, we have also shown you how to create a blog page to display your latest published content.
Whether you choose to have recently published content show up on your front page or your blog page, you can set a specific number of items to appear on these pages (e.g. ’2’, ’7’, ’12’ etc.)
Your site will then display recently published articles on your blog page up to the maximum number of posts you have specified, even if your WP site contains more posts than the number of items you have set to display …
The ability to specify how many blog post items display on your site can be very useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest single blog post item that you have published. This is handy, if, for example, you want to send your readers to a weekly special, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post upcoming events, set up a quarterly social page for announcements, etc.
You can also use this feature to fill an ugly space on your blog page if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason, WordPress gives you the flexibility to set the number of posts that will display on your blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how easy it is to change how many posts will show up on your blog.
How To Set The Number Of Blog Posts To Display On Your WordPress Blog Page
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress allows you to specify how many blog post entries you would like to have showing on the blog page of your web site.
The number of posts you want to display is completely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this number …
Note: Select 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 items displayed on your blog page.
To specify the number of blog posts you want to have showing on your website’s blog page site, click on Settings > Reading from your WordPress dashboard menu …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings page as per the screenshot below:
Editing The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Main Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the main page displays your most recent published blog entries, 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 posts that you want to display – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished…
How To Specify The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Blog Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a website, where the home page displays a fixed page and your most recent 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 items you want displayed – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when finished …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see recently published post entries 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 blog posts you want to have displaying on the blog page of your WordPress website.
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