As we’ve discussed in other posts, by default, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and shows your latest published posts on the main page, unless you specify a page as a static main page.
In a previously published post, we also discuss how to create a blog page to display your latest blog post entries.
Regardless of your choice to have your most recent published articles on your front page or your blog page, With WordPress you can set a specific number of published blog post entries to show up on these pages (e.g. ’2’, ‘3’, ’10’ etc.)
Your site will then display blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have set, even if your WP website contains more posts than the number of items you have set to display …
The ability to set the number of entries will display on your WordPress site is useful.
For example, you can display only the latest entry you have published. This can be handy for example, if you promote a different limited-time offer each week, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post upcoming events, set up a monthly community page for announcements, etc.
You can also use this feature to fill an empty space on your blog page if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason may be, WordPress gives you the flexibility to change the number of posts to show on main blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how easy it is to change the number of blog post entries to show on your WordPress blog.
Setting The Number Of Post Entries To Display On Your WordPress Blog
WordPress lets you specify how many published posts you want listed on the blog page of your web site.
The number of posts you want to display is completely up to you. there is no limit to this number …
Note: Select a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the entries load on your site. You can always increase or decrease the number of items displayed on your blog page.
To specify how many blog posts you want to have showing on your website’s blog page web site, go to the WP navigation menu and choose Settings > Reading …
Configure your settings in the Reading Settings page as per the screenshot below:
How To Change The Number Of Posts On Your Front Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the main 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 entries that you want displayed – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done to update your settings…
Modifying The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Blog Page
If you are using your WP site as a website, where the main page is a fixed page and your newest posts show up on a separate blog page, then edit your settings 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 post items you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when finished …
Now, when visitors come to your site, they will see recently published posts showing 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 post entries you would like to show on the blog page.
Related Posts
If you are a WordPress newbie, you may also find the following posts useful:
- How To Make A Page Of Your Choice Be The Site’s Home Page In WordPress
- How To Create A Blog Section In WordPress
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