As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your latest published posts on the main page, unless you specify a page as a static main page.
In a previously published tutorial, we also explain how to create a blog page to display your latest published articles.
Regardless of your choice to make blog post entries on your front page or your blog page, With WordPress you can specify the number of posts to appear on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ’7’, ’10’ etc.)
Your WordPress website will then display blog post entries on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog posts you have set, even if your 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 web site can be useful.
For example, you can display only the most recent blog post that you have published. This is handy for example, if you want to promote a different time-sensitive offer each month, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post an upcoming event, set up a weekly team page for updates and announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this 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 posts that you want to display on main blog page.
In this tutorial, you are going to learn how easy it is to specify the number of blog post entries you want to display on your 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 specify how many posts you want to have displaying on your blog page.
The number of posts you would like displayed is entirely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this amount …
Note: Pick a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the entries load on your site. You can always increase or decrease the amount of posts displayed.
To specify how many blog posts you want to show on your website’s blog page web site, go to the WordPress dashboard menu and click on Settings > Reading …
Configure your options in the Reading Settings section as shown in the screenshot below:
Modifying The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Home Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the front page shows your newest blog posts, then edit your settings 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 items you want to display – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished…
Specifying The Number Of Posts Showing On The Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the main page is a fixed page and your newest published post entries display 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 entries that you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see blog posts 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 change the amount of published blog posts you would like to have showing on your site’s blog page.
Related Posts
If you are a WordPress newbie, you may also find the following related posts useful:
- How To Make Any WordPress Page You Choose Become Your Home Page
- How To Create A Blog Section In WordPress
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