As we’ve discussed in previous posts, by default, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your newest blog posts on the main page, unless you set a fixed page as the front page.
In a previously published post, we have also shown you how to create a WordPress blog page to show your most recent published content.
Whether you choose to make present posts on your main page or your blog page, With WordPress you can set a specific number of blog post entries to show up on these pages (e.g. ’2’, ’5’, ’15’ etc.)
Your WP website will then display blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog posts you have set, even if your WordPress site contains more blog posts than the number set to display …
The ability to specify how many blog posts display on your WordPress site has a number of uses.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest post item you have published. This can be handy, if, for example, you want to send your readers to a different expiring offer each week, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post upcoming events, set up a quarterly team page for updates and announcements, etc.
You can also 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, WordPress gives you the flexibility to change the number of blog posts to display on main blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how easy it is to set the number of posts you want to show on your WordPress blog.
How To Specify The Number Of Blog Posts Displayed On Your Blog Page
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress allows you to specify how many blog posts you want to show on your website’s blog page.
How many blog posts you want displayed is entirely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this number …
Note: Choose a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the entries load on your site. You can always raise or lower the amount of items displayed.
To set how many published blog posts you want to have showing on the blog page of your web site, go to your WP dashboard menu and click on Settings > Reading …
Configure your options in the Reading Settings page as per the screenshot below:
Changing The Number Of Posts Showing On The Home Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the front page shows your newest blog posts, then set your options 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 post items that you want to display – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished…
Editing The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the home page is a fixed page and your newest published blog post items 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 posts you want displayed – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘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 home 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:
Congratulations! Now you know how to change the amount of blog post entries you want to have showing on your WordPress website’s blog page.
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