As we’ve discussed in other posts, by default, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and shows your latest posts on the front page, unless you set a fixed page as the front page.
In another post, we also discuss how to create a WordPress blog page to show your latest published content.
Whether you choose to have posts on your front page or your blog page, you can set a specific number of published post entries to appear on these pages (e.g. ‘1’, ’7’, ’15’ etc.)
Your site will then display recently published posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of posts you have specified, even if your WP web site contains more posts than the number of items set to display …
Being able to set the number of blog posts can display on your site is useful.
For example, you can display only the latest single blog post item you have published. This can be handy, if, for example, you are promoting a weekly special, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post upcoming events, set up a quarterly corporate page for announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this great feature to fill an empty space on your blog if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason, WordPress gives you the flexibility to set the number of posts that you want to display on your blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how easy it is to specify the number of posts will display on your blog.
Setting The Number Of Blog Posts Displayed On Your WordPress Blog
WordPress lets you specify how many blog post entries you would like to have showing on your website’s blog page.
How many blog posts you would like 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 raise or lower the amount of posts displayed.
To specify how many published blog posts you want to have displaying on your blog page site, go to the WordPress dashboard menu and select Settings > Reading …
Configure your settings in the Reading Settings panel as per the screenshot below:
Changing The Number Of Posts On The Front Page
If you are using your WP site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the main page displays your most recent blog posts, 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 blog posts that you want showing – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished…
Specifying The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the home page shows a fixed page and your most recent blog posts display 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 blog post entries you want showing – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done to update your settings …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see blog posts showing 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:
Congratulations! Now you know how to change the number of posts you want to display on the blog page.
Related Posts
If you are a new WordPress user, you may also find the following related posts useful:
- How To Make Any WordPress Page Become Your Home Page
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Post Entries In WordPress
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