As we’ve discussed in other posts, by default, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and shows your latest published posts on the main page, unless you specify a page as a main page.
In a previous post, we also explain how to create a blog page to display your latest blog post entries.
Whether you choose to make blog posts on your home page or your blog page, WordPress lets you specify the number of items to show up on these pages (e.g. ’2’, ’7’, ’12’ etc.)
Your WordPress website will then display blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of items you have set, even if your WP web site contains more blog posts than the number set to display …
Having the ability to set the number of blog post items can display on your site has a number of practical uses.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the most recent entry that you have published. This can be handy for example, if you promote a weekly special, 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.
You can also use this feature to fill an empty space on your blog page if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason may be, WordPress gives you the flexibility to change the number of blog posts that will show on main blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how to easily change how many blog posts you want to show up on your site’s blog page.
Changing The Number Of Post Entries Displayed On Your WordPress Blog
WordPress allows you to specify how many published blog posts you would like listed on your blog page.
How many entries you want to display is entirely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this number …
Note: Select 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 on your blog page.
To specify the number of published blog posts you would like to have showing on your website’s blog page web site, choose Settings > Reading from the WP admin menu …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings section as shown below:
Changing The Number Of Posts On The Front Page
If you are using your WP 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 described below:
- Front page displays: Set this to Your latest posts
- Blog pages show at most: X posts (where ‘X’ is the number of post items you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done…
To Change The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the front page displays a fixed page and your most recent post entries show up on a separate blog page, then edit your settings 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 that you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when finished …
Now, when visitors come to your site, they will see posts 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 number of blog posts you would like to have showing on the blog page of your WordPress site.
Related Posts
If you are a WordPress newbie, you may also find the following topic-related posts useful:
- How To Display Any WordPress Page As The Home Page
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Posts
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