As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your latest published entries on the front page, unless you specify a page as a main page.
In a separate post, we also discuss how to create a WordPress blog page to display your most recent blog post entries.
Regardless of your choice to make blog post entries on your front page or your blog page, you can set a specific number of published blog post entries to display on these pages (e.g. ’2’, ’7’, ’10’ etc.)
Your WP website will then display recently published articles on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have specified, even if your WP website or blog contains more blog posts than the number of posts you have set to display …
Being able to set how many blog posts display on your blog page is useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the most recent post you have published. This can be useful, if, for example, you want to promote a weekly special, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post upcoming events, set up a weekly team page for announcements, etc.
Or, you can 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, WordPress gives you the flexibility to change the number of blog posts that will show on your blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how easy it is to change the number of posts will show on your blog page.
How To Change The Number Of Blog Post Entries To Display On Your Blog
WordPress lets you specify how many posts you would like to show on your website’s blog page.
The number of blog posts you want displayed is entirely up to you. there is no limit to this amount …
Note: Select a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the content loads on your site. You can always increase or decrease the number of items displayed.
To set how many published blog post entries you would like to show on the blog page of your WP site, choose Settings > Reading from your WordPress admin menu …
Configure the options in the Reading Settings page as per the screenshot below:
Changing The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Main Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the front page shows your latest post entries, then set your options 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 posts you want showing – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished to update your settings…
Modifying The Number Of Posts On The Blog Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a website, where the home page shows a fixed page and your most recent blog posts display 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 that you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done …
Now, when visitors come to your website, they will see your most recently published content displayed 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 set the amount of published posts you want to display on the blog page of your website.
Related Posts
If you are learning how to use WordPress, you may also find the following posts useful:
- How To Make A WordPress Page Your Front Page
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your WordPress Posts
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