As we’ve discussed in previous posts, by default, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and displays your latest posts on the home page, unless you set a specific page as a static home page.
In a previous tutorial, we’ve also covered how to create a WordPress blog page to show your most recent published posts.
Regardless of your choice to have your blog posts on your main page or your blog page, WordPress lets you specify the number of blog posts to show up on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ’4’, ’12’ etc.)
Your WP site will then display recently published posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of items you have set, even if your website or blog contains more blog posts than the number set to display …
Being able to specify the number of posts will display on your web site has a number of uses.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the most recent entry you have published. This is handy for example, if you want to promote a weekly special, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post an upcoming event, set up a weekly corporate page for updates and announcements, etc.
You can also use this feature to fill an empty 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 you want to display on main blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how to easily change how many blog post entries will show on your site’s blog page.
How To Specify The Number Of Post Entries Displayed On Your WordPress Blog Page
WordPress lets you specify how many published blog post entries you would like to have displaying on the blog page of your website.
The number of blog posts you want displayed is completely up to you. there is no limit to this amount …
Note: We recommend that you choose a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the entries load on your site. You can always increase or decrease the number of posts displayed.
To specify the number of published blog post entries you want to have displaying on the blog page of your site, go to your WordPress navigation menu and select Settings > Reading …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings section as shown in the screenshot below:
Editing The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Front Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the front page shows your most recent published blog content, 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 post entries you want to show – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done…
Changing The Number Of Posts On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the front page is 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 entries that you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done …
Now, when visitors come to your site, they will see your most recent published articles showing 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 number of published posts you want to display on the blog page.
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