As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and shows your most recent published entries on the front page, unless you fix a page as a static main page.
In a previous post, we also discuss how to create a WordPress blog page to display your most recent published content.
Whether you choose to have blog posts on your home page or your blog page, WordPress lets you set a specific number of blog posts to show up on these pages (e.g. ’2’, ’6’, ’10’ etc.)
Your website will then display blog post entries on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog posts you have set, even if your WP site contains more blog posts than the number you have set to display …
The ability to specify how many entries can display on your WordPress site has a number of practical applications.
For example, you can display only the latest post you have published. This can be useful, if, for example, 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 weekly office page for announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this great feature to fill an ugly space on your blog page if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason may be, WordPress gives you the flexibility to change the number of blog posts that will display on your blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how easy it is to specify the number of blog posts will show up on your WordPress blog.
How To Set The Number Of Blog Posts To Display On Your Blog
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress allows you to specify how many published blog posts you would like to have showing on your blog page.
How many entries you would like displayed is completely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this amount …
Note: Choose a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the content loads on your site. You can always increase or decrease the amount of items displayed.
To specify how many published blog post entries you would like displayed on the blog page of your site, go to the WP admin menu and select Settings > Reading …
Configure your settings in the Reading Settings screen as per the screenshot below:
Modifying The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Home Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the main page displays your most recent post entries, 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 entries you want displayed – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when done…
To Modify The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the front page is a fixed page and your newest blog 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 post entries you want to show – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished to update your settings …
Now, when visitors come to your website, they will see your most recent published articles displayed 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 your site’s blog page.
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