As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and displays your most recent blog posts on the main page, unless you specify a page as a front page.
In a separate post, we also discussed how to create a blog page to show your most recent blog posts.
Regardless of your choice to make blog post entries on your home page or your blog page, you can set a specific number of published post entries to appear on these pages (i.e. ’2’, ’5’, ’10’ etc.)
Your WordPress site will then display recently published post entries on your blog page up to the maximum number of posts you have specified, even if your WordPress website contains more blog posts than the number you have set to display …
Having the ability to set the number of posts display on your web site has a number of uses.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the most recent entry that you have published. This can be useful, if, for example, you want to promote 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 weekly corporate page for announcements, etc.
You can also use this great feature to fill an ugly space on your blog if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason may be, With WordPress you have the flexibility to change the number of blog posts that you want to display on your blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how to easily change how many blog post entries will show up on your blog page.
How To Change The Number Of Blog Posts To Display On Your WordPress Blog
WordPress lets you specify how many published blog posts you would like to display on the blog page of your web site.
The number of entries you want displayed is completely up to you. there is no limit to this number …
Note: Choose a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the entries load on your site. You can always raise or lower the number of posts displayed.
To specify the number of blog post entries you want to have showing on the blog page of your web site, select Settings > Reading from the WP admin menu …
Configure the options in the Reading Settings page as shown in the screenshot below:
Modifying The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Main Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the front page shows 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 entries that you want displayed – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when finished…
To Edit The Number Of Posts On The Blog Page
If you are using your WP site as a website, where the main page displays a fixed page and your most recent post entries display 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 post items that you want to display – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished to update your settings …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see posts showing either on your front page or blog page, up to the maximum number of posts 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 blog post entries you would like to have showing on your site’s blog page.
Related Posts
If you are a new WordPress user, you may also find the following topic-related posts useful:
- How To Make A Page Of Your Choice Be Your Home Page In WordPress
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Blog Posts In WordPress
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