How To Set The Number Of Blog Posts To Display In WordPress

Learn how to set the number of published blog posts to display on your WordPress blog page …

Tutorial: How To Specify The Number Of Entries Showing On Your Blog PageAs we’ve discussed in other posts, by default, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and shows your latest published content on the main page, unless you fix a page as a static front page.

Changing How Many Blog Posts Show Up On Your WP Blog: Step-By-Step Tutorial

In another tutorial, we also address how to create a blog page to display your latest published entries.

Regardless of your choice to have your most recent published articles on your front page or your blog page, you can specify the number of blog posts to appear on these pages (i.e. ’2’, ‘3’, ’10’ etc.)

Your site will then display your most recent published articles on your blog page up to the maximum number of items you have specified, even if your website or blog contains more blog posts than the number set to display …

Step-By-Step Tutorial: Changing How Many Blog Post Items Show Up On Your Blog

Having the ability to set how many posts can display on your web site has a number of practical uses.

For example, you can set your blog to display only the most recent blog post item you have published. This can be handy for example, if you promote a different expiring offer each month, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post upcoming events, set up a weekly social page for announcements, etc.

Or, you can use this great feature to fill an empty space on your blog if your sidebar menu is too long …

Changing How Many Posts Show On Your WP Blog: Tutorial

Whatever the reason may be, With WordPress you have the flexibility to specify the number of blog posts that will show on your blog page.

In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how to easily change how many posts you want to show on your blog.

Changing The Number Of Blog Post Entries To Display On Your WordPress Blog

Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress lets you choose how many published blog post entries you would like to have showing on the blog page of your site.

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

How To Set The Number Of Published Blog Post Entries To Display On Your Blog: Step-By-Step Tutorial

Note: Select a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the entries load on your site. You can always raise or lower the number of posts displayed.

To specify how many published blog post entries you want to show on the blog page of your WP site, click on Settings > Reading from the WP admin menu …

How To Set How Many Blog Post Items Show Up On Your Blog - Step-By-Step Tutorial

Configure your options in the Reading Settings section as per the screenshot below:

How To Modify The Number Of Posts On The Main Page

If you are using your WordPress site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the main page shows your most recent published content, then set your options 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 posts that you want to display – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
  3. Click the Save Changes button when finished…

Specifying The Number Of Published Blog Items Displayed On Your Blog - Step-By-Step Tutorial

How To Edit The Number Of Posts On Your Blog Page

If you are using your site as a website, where the front page shows a fixed page and your latest posts show up on a separate blog page, then edit your settings as shown 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 blog post items that you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
  3. Click on Save Changes when finished …

Step-By-Step Tutorial - How To Specify How Many Blog Posts Show Up On Your Blog Page

Now, when visitors come to your website, they will see your most recently published content showing either on your home page or blog page, up to the maximum number of posts you have specified …

Changing How Many Blog Posts Show Up On Your WordPress Blog Page: Tutorial

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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 post entries you want to display on the blog page of your WordPress website.

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