As we’ve discussed in previous posts, by default, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and shows your most recent post entries on the home page, unless you specify a page as your home page.
In a separate post, we also explain how to create a WordPress blog page to display your most recent published entries.
Whether you choose to have posts on your main page or your blog page, WordPress lets you specify the number of blog posts to show on these pages (e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘9’ etc.)
Your site will then display your most recent published articles on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have set, even if your web site contains more posts than the number of items set to display …
Having the ability to specify how many blog posts display on your WordPress site has a number of uses.
For example, you can display only the latest single entry that you have published. This can be handy for example, if you promote a weekly special, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post upcoming events, set up a quarterly social 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, With WordPress you have the flexibility to specify the number of posts to display on main blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how easy it is to specify how many posts to show on your WordPress blog.
Setting The Number Of Blog Post Entries Displayed On Your Blog
WordPress allows you to choose how many published posts you would like displayed on the blog page.
The number of posts you want to display is completely up to you. there is no limit to this number …
Note: Pick a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the content loads on your site. You can always increase or decrease the amount of items displayed.
To set the number of blog post entries you would like to have displaying on your website’s blog page site, go to the WP admin menu and choose Settings > Reading …
Configure your settings in the Reading Settings screen as per the screenshot below:
Specifying The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Main Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the front page shows your most recent published blog posts, 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 posts that you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished…
How To Modify 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 published 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 post entries that you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished to update your settings …
Now, when visitors come to your site, they will see posts showing either on your front 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 blog post entries you want displayed on the blog page of your WP website.
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