As we’ve discussed in other posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and shows your latest posts on the front page, unless you set a specific page as a main page.
In a previously published tutorial, we also address how to create a WordPress blog page to display your latest published content.
Regardless of your choice to have blog posts on your front page or your blog page, you can set a specific number of items to show on these pages (e.g. ‘1’, ’4’, ’15’ etc.)
Your site will then display your blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have specified, even if your WordPress website or blog contains more posts than the number of posts you have set to display …
Being able to set the number of blog posts can display on your web site has a number of uses.
For example, you can display only the latest blog post item that you have published. This can be useful 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 an upcoming event, set up a weekly social page for announcements, etc.
You can also use this great feature to fill an ugly space on your blog if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason may be, WordPress gives you the flexibility to set the number of blog posts that will show on your blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how to set the number of posts you want to show on your blog page.
Specifying The Number Of Post Entries Displayed On Your Blog Page
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress lets you choose how many blog posts you would like to show on your website’s blog page.
The number of blog posts you would like displayed is completely up to you. there is no limit to this amount …
Note: We suggest choosing a sensible setting that won’t slow down 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 set the number of blog posts you want displayed on your website’s blog page website, select Settings > Reading from your WP navigation menu …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings section as shown below:
Specifying The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Home Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the front page displays your latest published 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 items that you want displayed – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done to update your settings…
How To Edit The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Blog Page
If you are using your WP site as a website, where the front page is a fixed page and your latest published blog posts 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 you want displayed – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes 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 posts you want to have showing on the blog page of your web site.
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