As we’ve discussed in other posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your most recent posts on the front page, unless you fix a page as the main page.
In a previously published post, we also discussed how to create a blog page to display your latest blog post entries.
Regardless of your choice to have blog posts on your front page or your blog page, With WordPress you can set a specific number of blog post entries to show on these pages (i.e. ’2’, ‘3’, ‘9’ etc.)
Your WP site will then display blog post entries on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog posts you have set, even if your website or blog contains more blog posts than the number set to display …
Having the ability to set how many blog posts can display on your WordPress site can be very useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest post that you have published. This is handy for example, if you promote a weekly special, a ’book of the month’ 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.
You can also use this great feature to fill an empty space on your blog if your sidebar menu is 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 set the number of blog post entries you want to show on your blog page.
Changing The Number Of Posts To Display On Your Blog Page
WordPress allows you to specify how many blog posts you would like to have showing on the blog page.
How many 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 entries load on your site. You can always raise or lower the amount of items displayed on your blog page.
To set the number of published posts you want to have displaying on the blog page of your WordPress site, go to your WP dashboard menu and click on Settings > Reading …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings panel as per the screenshot below:
How To Change The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Home Page
If you are using your WP site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the front page shows your latest 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 blog post entries you want to display – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes 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 latest posts 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 blog post entries that you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see blog posts showing 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 number of posts you want to have displaying on the blog page of your WordPress web site.
Related Posts
If you are a new WordPress user, you may also find the following related posts useful:
- How To Make Any WordPress Page You Choose Be The Website’s Home Page
- How To Create A Blog Section In Your WordPress Site
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