As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your most recent posts on the home page, unless you set a specific page as your front page.
In another tutorial, we also show you 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, With WordPress you can specify the number of posts to show up on these pages (e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’12’ etc.)
Your website will then display recently published post entries on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog posts you have set, even if your WordPress site contains more posts than the number set to display …
Being able to set how many blog post items display on your WordPress site is useful.
For example, you can display only the latest single blog post item you have published. This is useful, if, for example, you are promoting a different limited-time offer each month, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post upcoming events, set up a monthly social page for updates and 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 specify the number of blog posts that you want to display on main blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how easy it is to change how many posts to show on your WordPress blog.
How To Change The Number Of Blog Post Entries To Display On Your WordPress Blog
WordPress lets you specify how many blog post entries you would like to display on the blog page of your web site.
The number of entries you want displayed is completely up to you. there is no limit to this amount …
Note: Pick 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 items displayed on your blog page.
To set the number of published blog posts you would like to have showing on the blog page of your WordPress website, go to the WP dashboard menu and choose Settings > Reading …
Configure your settings in the Reading Settings screen as shown in the screenshot below:
Changing The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Main Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the front page shows your newest blog posts, then set your options as shown below:
- Front page displays: Set this to Your latest posts
- Blog pages show at most: X posts (where ‘X’ is the number of posts you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done…
Editing The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the main page displays a fixed page and your newest posts display on a separate blog page, then set your options 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 items you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see posts displayed 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 set the amount of published blog post entries you would like to show on the blog page.
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