As we’ve discussed in other posts, by default, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and displays your latest post entries on the front page, unless you fix a page as the front page.
In a previously published tutorial, we have also explained how to create a WordPress blog page to display your latest post.
Regardless of your choice to have your most recent published articles on your main page or your blog page, With WordPress you can set a specific number of blog post entries to display on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’ etc.)
Your website will then display blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of items you have set, even if your WP website or blog contains more posts than the number you have set to display …
The ability to set how many post items display on your blog page can be useful.
For example, you can display only the most recent blog post you have published. This can be useful, if, for example, you want to send your readers to 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 monthly community page for announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this great feature to fill an empty space on your blog if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason may be, WordPress gives you the flexibility to specify the number of blog posts to display on main blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how to change the number of blog posts you want to show up on your blog page.
Specifying The Number Of Blog Posts Displayed On Your WordPress Blog
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress allows you to choose how many published blog posts you would like displayed on your blog page.
How many blog posts you would like displayed is entirely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this amount …
Note: We recommend choosing a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the content loads on your site. You can always increase or decrease the amount of items displayed.
To set the number of blog posts you would like listed on your website’s blog page web site, go to your WordPress dashboard menu and select Settings > Reading …
Configure your settings in the Reading Settings screen as shown below:
Changing The Number Of Posts On Your Home Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the main page displays your latest 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 items that you want to display – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when done…
Specifying 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 newest posts display 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 post items you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done …
Now, when visitors come to your site, they will see posts displayed either on your main page or blog page, up to the maximum number of posts 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 number of published blog post entries you would like to have displaying on the blog page of your website.
Related Posts
If you are a WordPress newbie, you may also find the following related posts useful:
- How To Set Any Page In WordPress As The Static Home Page
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your WordPress Posts
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