As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and shows your newest blog posts on the home page, unless you fix a page as a static front page.
In a previously published article, we’ve also covered how to create a WordPress blog page to show your latest post.
Whether you choose to make posts on your front page or your blog page, With WordPress you can set a specific number of items to display on these pages (e.g. ’2’, ‘3’, ’10’ 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 WP web site contains more posts than the number of posts you have set to display …
Having the ability to set the number of blog posts display on your site can be useful.
For example, you can display only the latest single blog post item you have published. This is handy for example, if you want to promote a different time-sensitive offer each week, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post an upcoming event, set up a quarterly community page for announcements, etc.
You can also use this great feature to fill an ugly space on your blog if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason may be, With WordPress you have the flexibility to set the number of posts that will display on your blog page.
In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to easily change how many posts will display on your site’s blog page.
Changing The Number Of Blog Posts To Display On Your Blog Page
WordPress allows you to specify how many blog posts you would like displayed on your website’s blog page.
The number of entries you would like to display is entirely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this number …
Note: Choose a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the entries load on your site. You can always increase or decrease the number of posts displayed on your blog page.
To set the number of published posts you would like to have displaying on your site’s blog page website, click on Settings > Reading from your WordPress admin menu …
Configure your options in the Reading Settings section as per the screenshot below:
How To Specify 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 shown below:
- Front page displays: Set this to Your latest posts
- Blog pages show at most: X posts (where ‘X’ is the number of items that you want to display – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when done…
How To Specify The Number Of Posts On The Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the home page is a fixed page and your latest posts show up 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 blog posts you want showing – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when done …
Now, when visitors come to your site, they will see posts displayed either on your home 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 number of published posts you want to show on the blog page of your WP site.
Related Posts
If you are a WordPress newbie, you may also find the following topic-related posts useful:
- How To Set Any Page In WordPress As A Static Home Page
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your WordPress Posts
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