As we’ve discussed in other posts, by default, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and displays your latest posts on the front page, unless you set a specific page as a front page.
In a previous article, we’ve also covered how to create a blog page to display your most recent blog posts.
Regardless of your choice to have posts on your main page or your blog page, With WordPress you can specify the number of items to appear on these pages (e.g. ’2’, ’5’, ’12’ etc.)
Your WP website will then display your latest blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have set, even if your web site contains more blog posts than the number you have set to display …
The ability to specify how many posts can display on your WordPress site is useful.
For example, you can display only the latest single entry you have published. This can be handy for example, if you are promoting a different expiring offer each month, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post upcoming events, set up a monthly team page for announcements, etc.
You can also use this feature to fill an empty space on your blog page if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason may be, With WordPress you have the flexibility to specify the number of blog posts to show on your blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how easy it is to change how many blog post entries you want to show on your site’s blog page.
How To Set The Number Of Blog Post Entries Displayed On Your WordPress Blog
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress allows you to specify how many blog post entries you want displayed on the blog page of your site.
How many entries you would like to display is completely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this amount …
Note: We recommend that you choose a sensible setting that won’t slow down 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 posts you would like to show on the blog page of your WordPress website, go to your WP navigation menu and select Settings > Reading …
Configure your settings in the Reading Settings section as per the screenshot below:
Editing The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Home Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the front page shows your newest post entries, then edit your settings 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 entries that you want displayed – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished to update your settings…
Changing The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the main page displays a fixed page and your latest posts show up on a separate blog page, then set your options 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 items you want displayed – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done to update your settings …
Now, when visitors come to your website, they will see your most recent published articles displayed either on your home 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 would like listed on the blog page of your web site.
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