As we’ve discussed in previous posts, by default, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your most recent published entries on the main page, unless you set a fixed page as your main page.
In a separate tutorial, we also discuss how to create a blog page to display your most recent published entries.
Whether you choose to make blog post entries on your front page or your blog page, you can specify the number of published posts to display on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’15’ etc.)
Your WordPress site will then display your blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have set, even if your web site contains more posts than the number of items you have set to display …
Being able to specify the number of entries can display on your WordPress site has a number of uses.
For example, you can display only the latest entry you have published. This can be 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 monthly social page for updates and announcements, etc.
You can also use this great feature to fill an ugly 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 that you want to show on main blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how easy it is to specify how many posts to show up on your WordPress blog.
Setting The Number Of Post Entries To Display On Your Blog Page
WordPress lets you choose how many published blog posts you would like to display on the blog page of your web site.
How many entries you want displayed is completely up to you. there is no limit to this amount …
Note: Pick a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the entries load on your site. You can always increase or decrease the amount of posts displayed.
To set how many posts you want to display on your site’s blog page site, go to the WP navigation menu and click on Settings > Reading …
Configure your settings in the Reading Settings section as shown below:
Changing The Number Of Posts Showing On The Home Page
If you are using your WP site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the front page shows your most recent 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 post items that you want displayed – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when done…
Specifying The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the front page displays 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 blog post items you want displayed – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when done …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see blog post entries showing either on your front 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 posts you would like to display on the blog page of your website.
Related Posts
If you are a new WordPress user, you may also find the following related posts useful:
- How To Make Any Page Become Your Website’s Home Page In WordPress
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Blog Posts In WordPress
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