As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your latest post entries on the home page, unless you fix a page as the front page.
In a previous article, we also show you how to create a WordPress blog page to display your latest post.
Regardless of your choice to have your blog posts on your main page or your blog page, you can specify the number of posts to appear on these pages (e.g. ‘1’, ’4’, ‘9’ etc.)
Your site will then display your most recently published articles on your blog page up to the maximum number of posts you have set, even if your website or blog contains more posts than the number of posts you have set to display …
The ability to specify how many blog post items can display on your blog page has a number of practical applications.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest single blog post item that you have published. This is useful for example, if you are promoting a different time-sensitive offer each month, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post an upcoming event, set up a weekly team page for updates and announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this great feature to fill an empty space on your blog page if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason, With WordPress you have the flexibility to set the number of posts that will show on main blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how to easily change how many blog post entries will show up on your blog page.
How To Specify The Number Of Post Entries Displayed On Your Blog Page
WordPress lets you specify how many blog posts you want listed on the blog page of your website.
The number of posts you want displayed is completely up to you. there is no limit to this amount …
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 posts displayed.
To set how many published blog posts you would like to have displaying on your blog page web site, click on Settings > Reading from the WP navigation menu …
Configure your settings in the Reading Settings screen as per the screenshot below:
How To Change The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Main Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the front page displays your most recent posts, then set your options 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 items you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when finished…
Specifying The Number Of Posts On The Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the main page shows a fixed page and your most recent blog posts show up 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 items that you want to show – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished …
Now, when visitors come to your site, they will see blog post entries displayed either on your main 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 set the amount of published blog posts you want to display on the blog page.
Related Posts
If you are learning how to use WordPress, you may also find the following posts useful:
- How To Make A WordPress Page Your Static Front Page
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Blog Posts In WordPress
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