As we’ve discussed in other posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and shows your latest blog posts on the home page, unless you set a fixed page as the main page.
In a previously published tutorial, we also address how to create a WordPress blog page to display your most recent published posts.
Whether you choose to have posts on your home page or your blog page, WordPress lets you set a specific number of posts to appear on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ’7’, ’15’ etc.)
Your site will then display blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog posts you have set, even if your website or blog contains more blog posts than the number you have set to display …
Having the ability to set the number of blog posts can display on your blog page is useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest single blog post that you have published. This can be useful, if, for example, you promote a weekly special, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post upcoming events, set up a quarterly team page for announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this feature to fill an empty space on your blog page if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason may be, With WordPress you have the flexibility to set the number of blog posts that you want to display on main blog page.
In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to easily change the number of blog post entries you want to display on your blog page.
How To Set The Number Of Post Entries Displayed On Your Blog
WordPress lets you choose how many published blog post entries you would like to have displaying on the blog page of your website.
The number of posts you want 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 the number of posts you want displayed on the blog page of your website, click on Settings > Reading from the WordPress admin menu …
Configure your settings 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 main page shows your latest post entries, 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 posts that you want displayed – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when finished…
Editing The Number Of Posts On Your Blog Page
If you are using your WP site as a website, where the home page is a fixed page and your most recent published posts show up on a separate blog page, then set your options as shown 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 items that you want displayed – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when finished …
Now, when visitors come to your website, they will see recently published 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 published blog posts you want to display on the blog page of your WordPress site.
Related Posts
If you are a new WordPress user, you may also find the following topic-related posts useful:
- How To Make A Specific Page Be The Home Page Of Your WP Site
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Post Entries
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