As we’ve discussed in other posts, by default, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your newest blog posts on the main page, unless you specify a page as the front page.
In another article, we have also covered how to create a blog page to show your most recent published content.
Regardless of your choice to make blog posts on your main page or your blog page, you can specify the number of posts to display on these pages (e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’15’ etc.)
Your site will then display blog post entries on your blog page up to the maximum number of items you have set, even if your WordPress website contains more blog posts than the number of items you have set to display …
Having the ability to specify the number of blog posts will display on your site can be very useful.
For example, you can display only the latest blog post you have published. This can be useful for example, if you are promoting a weekly special, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post upcoming events, set up a quarterly office page for announcements, etc.
You can also use this feature to fill an ugly space on your blog if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason may be, With WordPress you have the flexibility to set the number of posts that you want to show on your blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how to easily specify the number of blog post entries you want to show up on your blog page.
Setting The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Blog
WordPress allows you to specify how many blog post entries you would like to have displaying on your website’s blog page.
The number of blog posts you want displayed is entirely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this number …
Note: Select a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the content loads on your site. You can always raise or lower the number of items displayed.
To specify the number of blog posts you would like displayed on the blog page of your WP web site, click on Settings > Reading from your WordPress navigation menu …
Configure your settings in the Reading Settings page as shown below:
How To Modify The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Front Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the main page displays your latest blog 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 post entries you want displayed – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished…
How To Edit The Number Of Posts Showing On The Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the main page displays a fixed page and your most recent posts show up 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 items you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when finished …
Now, when visitors land on your site, they will see blog posts displayed either on your front 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 published blog posts you would like to have showing on your WP site’s blog page.
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