As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and displays your most recent blog posts on the home page, unless you specify a page as the main page.
In another post, we also cover how to create a blog page to display your latest blog posts.
Regardless of your choice to have recently published content appear on your front page or your blog page, With WordPress you can specify the number of blog posts to appear on these pages (i.e. ’2’, ’5’, ’10’ etc.)
Your WordPress site will then display blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of posts you have set, even if your web site contains more blog posts than the number of items you have set to display …
The ability to specify how many blog posts can display on your WordPress site can be useful.
For example, you can display only the latest single blog post item you have published. This can be useful for example, if you want to promote a different limited-time offer each month, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post upcoming events, set up a weekly social page for announcements, etc.
You can also use this feature to fill an empty space on your blog page if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason may be, With WordPress you have the flexibility to change the number of blog posts that you want to display on main blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how to specify the number of blog posts you want to show up on your blog page.
Changing The Number Of Blog Post Entries To Display On Your WordPress Blog
WordPress allows you to choose how many posts you would like to have showing on your blog page.
The number of entries you want to display is entirely up to you. there is no limit to this amount …
Note: Choose a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the content loads on your site. You can always increase or decrease the amount of items displayed.
To specify the number of published blog post entries you would like to show on your site’s blog page web site, go to your WP navigation menu and select Settings > Reading …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings screen as per the screenshot below:
Modifying The Number Of Posts On The Main Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the front page shows your most recent 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 blog posts you want showing – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done…
To Modify The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Blog Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a website, where the home page shows a fixed page and your most recent post entries show up on a separate blog page, then edit your settings as described 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 that you want to display – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done to update your settings …
Now, when visitors land on your site, they will see your latest blog posts displayed 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 set the number of published posts you want to have showing on the blog page.
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