As we’ve discussed in other posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and displays your newest blog posts on the home page, unless you set a fixed page as a home page.

In a previous post, we’ve also addressed how to create a WordPress blog page to show your most recent blog post entries.

Whether you choose to make blog post entries on your front page or your blog page, you can set a specific number of posts to display on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ’4’, ’15’ etc.)

Your WP site will then display posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog posts you have set, 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 entries will display on your blog page has a number of practical uses.

For example, you can display only the most recent blog post item that you have published. This is useful, if, for example, you want to send your readers to a weekly special, 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.

You can also use this great feature to fill an ugly space on your blog page if your sidebar menu runs too long …

Whatever the reason, With WordPress you have the flexibility to change the number of posts that you want to show on main blog page.

In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how to change the number of blog posts you want to show up on your blog page.

How To Set The Number Of Blog Post Entries Displayed On Your WordPress Blog

Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress allows you to choose how many blog posts you would like to display on the blog page.

The number of entries you want displayed is completely 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 increase or decrease the amount of posts displayed on your blog page.

To set how many blog post entries you want to have displaying on the blog page site, go to your WordPress admin menu and select Settings > Reading …

Configure your settings in the Reading Settings page as shown in the screenshot below:

Specifying The Number Of Posts On Your Main Page

If you are using your WordPress site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the main page displays your latest published blog entries, then edit your settings as shown below:

1. Front page displays: Set this to Your latest posts
2. Blog pages show at most: X posts (where ‘X’ is the number of blog post items that you want to display – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
3. Click on Save Changes when done…

To Modify The Number Of Posts On The Blog Page

If you are using your WordPress site as a website, where the main page is a fixed page and your latest published post entries display on a separate blog page, then set your options as shown below:

1. Front page displays: Set this to A static page, then select Posts page: > your Blog Page from the drop down menu
2. 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’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
3. Click the ‘Save’ button when finished to update your settings …

Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see your blog posts displayed 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:

• How To Use WordPress Post Excerpts And Post Previews

Congratulations! Now you know how to change the number of blog post entries you want to have displaying on your site’s blog page.

Related Posts

If you are learning how to use WordPress, you may also find the following topic-related posts useful:

• How To Make A Specific Page Become The Home Page Of Your WordPress Site
• How To Create A Blog Page In WordPress

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