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

In a previously published post, we also discussed how to create a blog page to show your most recent published posts.

Whether you choose to have blog posts on your main page or your blog page, you can specify the number of blog posts to display on these pages (i.e. ’2’, ’5’, ’10’ etc.)

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

Being able to specify the number of blog post items will display on your web site can be useful.

For example, you can set your blog to display only the most recent post item you have published. This is useful, if, for example, you want to promote a different time-sensitive offer each week, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post an upcoming event, set up a quarterly team page for announcements, etc.

You can also use this feature to fill an ugly space on your blog page if your sidebar menu runs 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 your blog page.

In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to set how many blog post entries to show up on your blog.

Changing The Number Of Post Entries Displayed On Your WordPress Blog

Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress lets you specify how many published posts you want listed on the blog page of your site.

The number of blog posts you want displayed is completely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this number …

Note: Select a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the content loads on your site. You can always increase or decrease the number of items displayed on your blog page.

To set the number of blog posts you would like displayed on your website’s blog page website, go to the WordPress admin menu and select Settings > Reading …

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

How To Edit The Number Of Posts On Your Home Page

If you are using your WordPress site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the front page displays your newest post entries, then edit your settings as described 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 blog post items you want to show – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
3. Click the Save Changes button when finished to update your settings…

Editing The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Blog Page

If you are using your WP site as a website, where the home page is a fixed page and your newest posts show up 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 blog posts that you want displayed – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
3. Click the ‘Save’ button when finished …

Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see your most recent published articles 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:

• How To Use WordPress Post Excerpts And Post Previews

Congratulations! Now you know how to change the number of blog post entries you would like to have showing on the blog page of your WordPress site.

Related Posts

If you are a WordPress newbie, you may also find the following topic-related posts useful:

• How To Select A Specific WordPress Page As Your Website’s Home Page
• How To Create A Blog Section In WordPress

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