As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and shows your most recent post entries on the front page, unless you set a specific page as your front page.
In another post, we have also covered how to create a WordPress blog page to display your most recent blog posts.
Whether you choose to have blog posts on your main page or your blog page, WordPress lets you set a specific number of items to display on these pages (e.g. ‘1’, ’4’, ’15’ etc.)
Your website will then display your latest blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of posts you have specified, even if your WP website contains more blog posts than the number set to display …
Being able to set how many blog posts can display on your WordPress site can be useful.
For example, you can display only the most recent post item that you have published. This can be handy for example, if you want to promote a weekly special, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post upcoming events, set up a monthly community page for updates and 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, WordPress gives you the flexibility to specify the number of blog posts that will display on your blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how easy it is to change how many blog post entries will show up on your blog page.
Changing The Number Of Blog Posts To Display On Your WordPress Blog Page
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress allows you to choose how many published posts you want to have displaying on the blog page of your website.
How many posts you would like to display is completely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this number …
Note: We suggest choosing a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the content loads on your site. You can always increase or decrease the number of items displayed on your blog page.
To set how many published blog posts you would like displayed on the blog page site, choose Settings > Reading from your WordPress dashboard menu …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings panel as per the screenshot below:
How To Specify The Number Of Posts Showing On The Home Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the home page displays your latest published blog posts, then set your options as shown below:
- Front page displays: Set this to Your latest posts
- Blog pages show at most: X posts (where ‘X’ is the number of blog posts you want showing – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done…
Editing The Number Of Posts On The Blog Page
If you are using your WP site as a website, where the main page shows a fixed page and your most recent posts display 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 blog post items you want displayed – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when finished to update your settings …
Now, when visitors land on your site, they will see 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 blog post entries you want displayed on the blog page of your site.
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