As we’ve discussed in other posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and shows your latest post entries on the front page, unless you set a fixed page as a front page.
In a separate article, we also discussed how to create a WordPress blog page to show your latest blog posts.
Whether you choose to have your blog posts on your main page or your blog page, you can specify the number of published blog posts to display on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’ etc.)
Your website will then display blog post entries on your blog page up to the maximum number of items you have specified, even if your website or blog contains more blog posts than the number set to display …
Being able to set the number of post items display on your WordPress site can be useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest single blog post that you have published. This is handy for example, if you want to send your readers to a different limited-time offer each week, 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 feature to fill an empty space on your blog if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason, With WordPress you have the flexibility to change the number of blog posts that you want to show on your blog page.
In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to easily change how many blog posts to display on your WordPress blog.
How To Specify The Number Of Blog Posts Displayed On Your WordPress Blog
WordPress allows you to specify how many blog post entries you want to have showing on your blog page.
The number of posts you would like to display is entirely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this amount …
Note: Pick 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 posts displayed on your blog page.
To set how many posts you want to display on the blog page of your WP site, go to your WordPress navigation menu and select Settings > Reading …
Configure the options in the Reading Settings panel as shown below:
How To Modify The Number Of Posts Showing On The Front Page
If you are using your WP site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the front page displays 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 entries you want displayed – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done…
How To Specify The Number Of Posts On Your Blog Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a website, where the main page shows a fixed page and your most recent published blog content 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 items you want to display – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished …
Now, when visitors come to your site, they will see blog post entries showing either on your front 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 posts you would like to have displaying on your WordPress site’s blog page.
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