As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your latest post entries on the front page, unless you set a specific page as your main page.
In a previously published tutorial, we also address how to create a blog page to show your most recent published posts.
Whether you choose to have present blog posts on your home page or your blog page, you can specify the number of items to show on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ’7’, ’15’ etc.)
Your site will then display posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of posts you have set, even if your web site contains more posts than the number you have set to display …
Having the ability to specify how many blog posts can display on your blog page can be very useful.
For example, you can display only the most recent blog post you have published. This is useful, if, for example, you are promoting a different expiring 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 team page for announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this great feature to fill an ugly 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 posts that you want to show on main blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how easy it is to change how many posts you want to show on your WordPress blog.
Changing The Number Of Post Entries To Display On Your WordPress Blog Page
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress allows you to choose how many published blog post entries you would like displayed on the blog page.
How many blog posts you want to display is entirely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this amount …
Note: Pick a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the entries load on your site. You can always increase or decrease the number of posts displayed on your blog page.
To set the number of blog post entries you want listed on your website’s blog page site, go to the WP dashboard menu and select Settings > Reading …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings screen as shown in the screenshot below:
Editing The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Front Page
If you are using your WP site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the main page displays your latest 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 that you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done…
To Specify The Number Of Posts On The Blog Page
If you are using your WP site as a website, where the front page displays a fixed page and your latest posts show up 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 posts that you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished …
Now, when visitors land on your site, they will see your latest blog 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 blog posts you want displayed on your site’s blog page.
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