As we’ve discussed in other posts, by default, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your most recent post entries on the front page, unless you specify a page as a front page.
In a previous tutorial, we also discussed how to create a blog page to display your latest published entries.
Regardless of your choice to make blog post entries on your front page or your blog page, WordPress lets you set a specific number of blog posts to show on these pages (i.e. ’2’, ‘3’, ’10’ etc.)
Your WordPress website will then display blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of posts you have specified, even if your web site contains more blog posts than the number of items set to display …
The ability to specify how many posts can display on your web site has a number of uses.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the most recent entry that you have published. This is handy, if, for example, you promote a different time-sensitive offer each month, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post upcoming events, set up a weekly office 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, With WordPress you have the flexibility to change the number of posts to display on your blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how to specify the number of blog posts you want to display on your WordPress blog.
How To Change The Number Of Post Entries To Display On Your Blog Page
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress allows you to specify how many published blog post entries you want to have showing on the blog page of your web site.
How many entries you would like displayed is entirely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this number …
Note: Choose a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the entries load on your site. You can always raise or lower the amount of posts displayed.
To specify how many published blog posts you want to have showing on your website’s blog page site, go to the WP navigation menu and choose Settings > Reading …
Configure the options in the Reading Settings screen as shown in the screenshot below:
How To Specify The Number Of Posts Showing On The Home Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the front page displays your latest 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 blog posts you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished to update your settings…
How To Modify The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Blog Page
If you are using your WP site as a website, where the front page displays a fixed page and your latest post entries display 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 post items that you want displayed – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when done to update your settings …
Now, when visitors come to your site, they will see your newest blog posts 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 change the number of published posts you want listed on the blog page of your website.
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