As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and displays your most recent posts on the home page, unless you set a fixed page as your main page.
In another article, we’ve also covered how to create a blog page to display your most recent blog posts.
Whether you choose to have recently published articles show up on your front page or your blog page, you can specify the number of blog posts to appear on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’15’ etc.)
Your WP site will then display recently published blog post entries on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog posts you have set, even if your WordPress website contains more posts than the number you have set to display …
Being able to specify how many post items can display on your site has a number of practical uses.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the most recent post you have published. This can be handy for example, if you want to send your readers to a different limited-time offer each week, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post upcoming events, set up a weekly community page for updates and announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this great feature to fill an ugly space on your blog if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason, WordPress gives you the flexibility to specify the number of blog posts to show on main blog page.
In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to change the number of blog post entries you want to display on your blog.
Setting The Number Of Post Entries To Display On Your Blog
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress allows you to specify how many published blog post entries you would like to have showing on the blog page of your site.
How many blog posts you would like to display is completely up to you. there is no limit to this number …
Note: We suggest choosing a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the entries load on your site. You can always increase or decrease the amount of items displayed on your blog page.
To specify the number of published blog post entries you would like to have showing on the blog page of your WP web site, go to the WordPress dashboard menu and choose Settings > Reading …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings screen as shown below:
Changing The Number Of Posts On Your Main Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the home page shows your most recent blog posts, then set your options 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 entries you want to display – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done…
Changing The Number Of Posts Showing On The Blog Page
If you are using your WP site as a website, where the main page shows a fixed page and your newest 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 posts that you want to display – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done …
Now, when visitors land on your site, they will see blog post entries displayed either on your front 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 post entries you want to show on your website’s blog page.
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