As we’ve discussed in other posts, by default, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your latest post entries on the main page, unless you set a fixed page as the home page.
In a previously published article, we also address how to create a blog page to display your most recent post.
Whether you choose to make display your blog posts on your main page or your blog page, With WordPress you can specify the number of items to display on these pages (e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’15’ etc.)
Your WP site will then display blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of posts you have specified, even if your WP site contains more blog posts than the number of posts you have set to display …
Having the ability to specify how many blog posts will display on your site is useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest entry that you have published. This can be handy for example, if you want to send your readers to a weekly special, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post an upcoming event, set up a monthly team page for announcements, etc.
You can also use this feature to fill an empty space on your blog if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason, WordPress gives you the flexibility to set the number of posts to show on your blog page.
In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to easily specify the number of posts to show up on your blog.
How To Change The Number Of Posts To Display On Your WordPress Blog
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress allows you to specify how many blog post entries you want listed on the blog page of your site.
The number of posts you want displayed is completely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this number …
Note: Choose a sensible setting that won’t overload 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 set the number of blog posts you would like to display on your blog page website, go to your WP dashboard menu and click on Settings > Reading …
Configure your settings in the Reading Settings section as shown in the screenshot below:
Editing The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Home Page
If you are using your WP site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the main page shows your newest 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 that you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done…
Modifying The Number Of Posts On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the main page is a fixed page and your latest posts 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 posts you want displayed – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when finished …
Now, when visitors land on your site, they will see your most recently published articles displayed either on your main 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 blog post entries you would like to have displaying on your site’s blog page.
Related Posts
If you are new to WordPress, you may also find the following topic-related posts useful:
- How To Make Any Page Become The Site’s Home Page In WordPress
- How To Create A Blog Section In WordPress
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