As we’ve discussed in other posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and shows your most recent published posts on the home page, unless you set a fixed page as your main page.
In a previously published tutorial, we’ve also explained how to create a blog page to display your latest published posts.
Regardless of your choice to have display blog posts on your front page or your blog page, WordPress lets you set a specific number of posts to show up on these pages (e.g. ‘1’, ’4’, ’15’ etc.)
Your WordPress website will then display posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog posts you have specified, even if your WP web site contains more blog posts than the number set to display …
Being able to specify how many posts can display on your site is useful.
For example, you can display only the latest 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 a local sports competition, post an upcoming event, set up a monthly social page for announcements, etc.
You can also use this great feature to fill an empty 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 to show on main blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how easy it is to specify the number of blog posts you want to show up on your site’s blog page.
How To Set The Number Of Blog Posts To Display On Your Blog
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress allows you to choose how many blog post entries you would like to have showing on the blog page of your website.
The number of posts you would like to display is entirely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this number …
Note: We suggest choosing 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 set the number of posts you would like to show on the blog page of your WP website, click on Settings > Reading from the WordPress admin menu …
Configure the options in the Reading Settings section as shown in the screenshot below:
How To Specify The Number Of Posts On The Home Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the main page shows your latest post 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 blog post items you want to show – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when finished…
How To Specify The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Blog Page
If you are using your WP site as a website, where the front page shows a fixed page and your newest 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 blog post items that you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when done …
Now, when visitors land on your site, they will see your latest blog posts displayed either on your main 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 want to show on the blog page of your WP website.
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