As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and shows your latest blog posts on the main page, unless you specify a page as the main page.
In another tutorial, we also explain how to create a WordPress blog page to show your most recent published articles.
Regardless of your choice to make your blog posts on your main page or your blog page, With WordPress you can specify the number of published blog posts to appear on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’ etc.)
Your WP site will then display your most recently published articles on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog posts you have set, even if your WordPress site contains more posts than the number set to display …
Having the ability to specify how many entries will display on your blog page is useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the most recent blog post item you have published. This is useful, if, for example, you promote a different expiring offer each month, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post an upcoming event, set up a quarterly corporate page for announcements, etc.
You can also use this great feature to fill an ugly space on your blog page if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason may be, WordPress gives you the flexibility to set the number of blog posts to show on your blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how to specify how many blog posts will show up on your site’s blog page.
How To Set The Number Of Blog Post Entries To Display On Your Blog
WordPress lets you choose how many published blog posts you would like to display on the blog page of your website.
The number of posts you want displayed is completely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this number …
Note: Pick a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the content loads on your site. You can always raise or lower the number of posts displayed on your blog page.
To specify the number of published blog post entries you want to display on the blog page website, click on Settings > Reading from your WP dashboard menu …
Configure your options in the Reading Settings screen as shown in the screenshot below:
Modifying The Number Of Posts On The Front Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the front page shows your most recent post entries, 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 post entries you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished to update your settings…
To Modify The Number Of Posts On The Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the front page displays a fixed page and your latest post entries 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 entries you want displayed – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when done to update your settings …
Now, when visitors land on your site, they will see your latest blog posts displayed 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 set the number of posts you want to display on your WP site’s blog page.
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