As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and displays your newest post entries on the main page, unless you set a fixed page as a static home page.
In another tutorial, we also address how to create a WordPress blog page to display your latest published articles.
Regardless of your choice to make your most recent published articles on your home page or your blog page, you can specify the number of published blog posts to show up on these pages (i.e. ’2’, ’7’, ‘9’ etc.)
Your website will then display posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of items you have set, even if your web site contains more posts than the number of items set to display …
The ability to set the number of posts display on your blog page has a number of uses.
For example, you can display only the latest single post item you have published. This can be handy for example, if you promote a different limited-time offer each month, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post upcoming events, set up a quarterly office page for announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this 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 change the number of blog posts that you want to display on main blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how to specify how many posts to show on your WordPress blog.
Changing The Number Of Blog Posts To Display On Your Blog Page
WordPress lets you specify how many blog post entries you want to display on your site’s blog page.
How many blog posts you would like to display is completely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this amount …
Note: Select a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the content loads on your site. You can always increase or decrease the number of items displayed on your blog page.
To set how many blog posts you would like displayed on the blog page of your WP site, go to the WordPress navigation menu and click on Settings > Reading …
Configure your options in the Reading Settings page as shown below:
Changing The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Main Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the main page displays your latest 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 posts that you want to display – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when finished…
Specifying The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Blog Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a website, where the front page is 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 entries that you want displayed – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished …
Now, when visitors come to your site, they will see blog 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 change the number of published blog post entries you would like to have showing on the blog page of your web site.
Related Posts
If you are new to WordPress, you may also find the following posts useful:
- How To Set A Page In WordPress As A Static Home Page
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Blog Posts In WordPress
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