As we’ve discussed in previous posts, by default, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your newest posts on the home page, unless you specify a page as the home page.
In another article, we’ve also addressed how to create a WordPress blog page to display your latest published content.
Whether you choose to have your most recent published articles on your main page or your blog page, With WordPress you can specify the number of blog posts to display on these pages (i.e. ’2’, ’6’, ’10’ etc.)
Your website will then display your most recently published posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog posts you have set, even if your WP website contains more blog posts than the number of items set to display …
Being able to set the number of blog post items can display on your WordPress site can be very useful.
For example, you can display only the latest post item that you have published. This is handy, if, for example, you want to send your readers to a different time-sensitive offer each month, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post upcoming events, set up a monthly community page for announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this great feature to fill an ugly space on your blog page if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason, With WordPress you have the flexibility to set the number of posts that you want to display on your blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how to specify how many blog posts will show on your WordPress blog.
How To Set The Number Of Post Entries To Display On Your WordPress Blog
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress allows you to choose how many published posts you would like listed on your blog page.
The number of blog posts you would like to display is entirely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this number …
Note: Pick a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the content loads on your site. You can always increase or decrease the amount of items displayed on your blog page.
To set the number of published blog posts you want to have showing on the blog page of your WP site, select Settings > Reading from the WordPress dashboard menu …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings panel as shown below:
How To Specify The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Front Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the home page shows your newest 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 blog post entries you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when finished to update your settings…
Specifying The Number Of Posts Showing On The Blog Page
If you are using your WP site as a website, where the main page is a fixed page and your latest posts 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 entries that you want displayed – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished …
Now, when visitors come to your website, they will see your most recent published articles showing either on your home 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 posts you would like to show on your site’s blog page.
Related Posts
If you are new to WordPress, you may also find the following posts useful:
- How To Select A Specific WordPress Page As The Home Page
- How To Create A Blog Section In Your WP Site
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