As we’ve discussed in other posts, by default, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your newest posts on the home page, unless you set a specific page as your front page.
In a previously published tutorial, we also discussed how to create a blog page to display your latest blog post entries.
Whether you choose to have your most recent published articles on your front page or your blog page, With WordPress you can set a specific number of blog posts to show up on these pages (e.g. ‘1’, ’7’, ’12’ etc.)
Your site will then display your most recent published articles on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have specified, even if your website contains more blog posts than the number of posts you have set to display …
Being able to specify the number of posts will display on your site has a number of practical uses.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest post you have published. This is handy for example, if you promote a different limited-time offer each week, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post upcoming events, set up a quarterly community page for announcements, etc.
You can also use this feature to fill an empty 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 posts that you want to display on your blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how to easily set how many blog posts to show up on your blog page.
Setting The Number Of Blog Posts To Display On Your Blog Page
WordPress allows you to choose how many blog post entries you would like to display on the blog page.
How many entries you would like displayed is entirely up to you. there is no limit to this amount …
Note: We suggest selecting 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 items displayed.
To specify the number of blog post entries you would like to have showing on your website’s blog page site, click on Settings > Reading from your WP dashboard menu …
Configure your options in the Reading Settings page as per the screenshot below:
How To Specify The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Home Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the home page displays your newest posts, then set your options as shown below:
- Front page displays: Set this to Your latest posts
- Blog pages show at most: X posts (where ‘X’ is the number of posts you want displayed – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done…
Editing The Number Of Posts On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the main page displays a fixed page and your newest blog posts display 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 blog posts that you want showing – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done …
Now, when visitors come to your site, they will see posts showing either on your home 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 blog post entries you would like displayed on the blog page of your site.
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