As we’ve discussed in previous posts, by default, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and shows your newest post entries on the home page, unless you set a fixed page as your main page.
In another post, we’ve also covered how to create a blog page to display your most recent published content.
Regardless of your choice to make your most recent published articles on your home page or your blog page, With WordPress you can set a specific number of posts to appear on these pages (i.e. ’2’, ’4’, ’15’ etc.)
Your WP website will then display your most recently published post entries on your blog page up to the maximum number of posts you have specified, even if your website contains more posts than the number set to display …
The ability to set the number of blog posts can display on your web site has a number of practical applications.
For example, you can display only the latest blog post item that you have published. This is handy for example, if you are promoting a weekly special, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post upcoming events, set up a weekly office page for announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this great feature to fill an ugly space on your blog if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason may be, With WordPress you have the flexibility to specify the number of blog posts that you want to show on your blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how to change the number of blog post entries you want to show up on your blog page.
Specifying The Number Of Blog Post Entries Displayed On Your WordPress Blog Page
WordPress allows you to specify how many published posts you would like to have showing on the blog page of your web site.
How many entries you would like to display is entirely up to you. there is no limit to this number …
Note: Pick a sensible setting that won’t slow down 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 the number of blog posts you would like to have showing on your website’s blog page website, go to your WP dashboard menu and click on Settings > Reading …
Configure your options in the Reading Settings section as shown below:
Editing The Number Of Posts On The Front Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the front page shows your newest post entries, 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 post entries that you want displayed – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when finished…
Modifying The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the front page shows a fixed page and your most recent posts show up on a separate blog page, then set your options 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 post items you want displayed – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’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 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 amount of blog post entries you want displayed on the blog page of your site.
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