As we’ve discussed in previous posts, by default, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and displays your latest published posts on the home page, unless you fix a page as your home page.
In a separate article, we also address how to create a WordPress blog page to show your most recent published content.
Whether you choose to have blog posts on your front page or your blog page, you can set a specific number of items to display on these pages (i.e. ’2’, ’7’, ’15’ etc.)
Your site will then display blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog posts you have specified, even if your website contains more posts than the number set to display …
Being able to set how many posts display on your WordPress site is useful.
For example, you can display only the latest single post item that you have published. This can be useful, 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 upcoming events, set up a monthly office page for updates and announcements, etc.
You can also use this great feature to fill an empty space on your blog page if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason, WordPress gives you the flexibility to set the number of blog posts to display on main blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how to easily specify how many posts will show up on your blog.
Specifying The Number Of Blog Post Entries To Display On Your Blog Page
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress allows you to specify how many blog post entries you want to display on your site’s blog page.
The number of posts you want displayed is entirely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this number …
Note: We suggest that you choose 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 the number of posts you want to have showing on the blog page of your WP website, choose Settings > Reading from the WP admin menu …
Configure the options in the Reading Settings page as per the screenshot below:
Editing The Number Of Posts On Your Main Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the main page shows your most recent post entries, 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 posts you want showing – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done…
Changing The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the main page is a fixed page and your newest 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 post items that you want to display – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when done to update your settings …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see blog post entries displayed either on your home 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 set the amount of blog posts you want displayed on your WordPress website’s blog page.
Related Posts
If you are new to WordPress, you may also find the following posts useful:
- How To Create A Static WordPress Homepage
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Blog Posts
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