As we’ve discussed in other posts, by default, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and displays your latest published posts on the home page, unless you specify a page as a static home page.
In another article, we also address how to create a WordPress blog page to show your latest published entries.
Regardless of your choice to have blog posts on your home page or your blog page, WordPress lets you specify the number of blog posts to display on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ’7’, ‘9’ etc.)
Your WP website will then display posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of items you have set, even if your website contains more posts than the number of items you have set to display …
Having the ability to set how many blog posts will display on your blog page can be very useful.
For example, you can display only the most recent entry you have published. This is useful, if, for example, you want to send your readers to a weekly special, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post an upcoming event, set up a monthly team page for announcements, etc.
You can also use this great feature to fill an empty space on your blog if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason may be, With WordPress you have the flexibility to specify the number of posts that you want to show on main blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how easy it is to change the number of posts you want to show on your blog page.
How To Specify The Number Of Post Entries Displayed On Your WordPress Blog
WordPress allows you to specify how many published blog post entries you want to display on the blog page of your website.
How many entries you would like to display is completely up to you. there is no limit to this amount …
Note: Select a sensible setting that won’t overload 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 how many published blog post entries you would like to have displaying on your website’s blog page site, go to the WordPress dashboard menu and choose Settings > Reading …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings screen as shown in the screenshot below:
Modifying The Number Of Posts Showing On The Home Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the front page shows your latest published entries, then edit your settings 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 blog post items that you want showing – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished…
Specifying The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Blog Page
If you are using your WP 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 post items you want to display – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when finished to update your settings …
Now, when visitors land on your site, they will see blog post entries displayed either on your main 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 posts you want to display on the blog page.
Related Posts
If you are learning how to use WordPress, you may also find the following posts useful:
- How To Set Any Page In WordPress As The Static Home Page
- How To Create A Blog In Your WordPress Site
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