As we’ve discussed in previous posts, by default, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and displays your latest blog posts on the front page, unless you set a fixed page as the main page.
In a separate tutorial, we also discuss how to create a WordPress blog page to display your latest post.
Whether you choose to make your most recent published articles on your front page or your blog page, you can set a specific number of posts to show on these pages (e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’12’ etc.)
Your WordPress site will then display your most recently published articles on your blog page up to the maximum number of posts you have specified, even if your WordPress site contains more posts than the number you have set to display …
Having the ability to set the number of posts will display on your web site can be very useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the most recent post you have published. This can be handy, if, for example, you are promoting a weekly special, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post an upcoming event, set up a monthly social page for updates and announcements, etc.
You can also use this great feature to fill an empty space on your blog if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason may be, With WordPress you have the flexibility to specify the number of blog posts to display on your blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how easy it is to set how many posts to show up on your blog page.
How To Change The Number Of Blog Post Entries Displayed On Your Blog Page
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress allows you to choose how many posts you would like displayed on the blog page of your website.
The number of entries you would like displayed 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 raise or lower the number of items displayed on your blog page.
To set how many posts you would like to show on your site’s blog page website, go to the WP dashboard menu and choose Settings > Reading …
Configure your options in the Reading Settings screen as shown in the screenshot below:
How To Change 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 displays your most recent post entries, 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 blog post entries you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when done…
Changing The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the home page displays a fixed page and your latest published content 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 posts you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished to update your settings …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see your most recently published articles showing 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 published blog post entries you would like to have showing on the blog page of your website.
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