As we’ve discussed in previous posts, by default, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and displays your latest post entries on the home page, unless you specify a page as your main page.

In a separate article, we have also shown you how to create a WordPress blog page to display your most recent published content.

Whether you choose to have blog post entries on your front page or your blog page, you can set a specific number of published blog post entries to display on these pages (i.e. ’2’, ’4’, ’10’ etc.)

Your WordPress website will then display your blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have specified, even if your WP website or blog contains more blog posts than the number of items set to display …

Having the ability to specify how many posts can display on your blog page can be very useful.

For example, you can set your blog to display only the most recent post item that you have published. This is handy, if, for example, you want to send your readers to a different expiring offer each month, 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 updates and announcements, etc.

You can also 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 specify the number of blog posts that you want to display on your blog page.

In this tutorial, you are going to learn how easy it is to specify how many blog post entries to show on your blog page.

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

WordPress lets you choose how many published posts you want to display on the blog page of your web site.

How many blog posts you want displayed is completely up to you. there is no limit to this amount …

Note: We suggest that you select a sensible setting that won’t overload 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 how many published posts you want to have showing on the blog page of your WordPress site, choose Settings > Reading from the WordPress navigation menu …

Configure your options in the Reading Settings page 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 WordPress option), where the front page displays your newest posts, 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 entries you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
3. Click on Save Changes when finished…

Changing The Number Of Posts On The Blog Page

If you are using your site as a website, where the front page is a fixed page and your latest post entries display on a separate blog page, then set your options as described 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 entries that you want to display – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
3. Click the Save Changes button when done …

Now, when visitors land on your site, they will see your most recent published articles showing either on your front page or blog page, as per the settings 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 set the number of published blog posts you would like to display on the blog page.

Related Posts

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

• How To Set A Page In WordPress As A Static Home Page
• How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Blog Posts In WordPress

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