As we’ve discussed in previous posts, by default, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and displays your newest posts on the front page, unless you set a specific page as your home page.
In a previous tutorial, we’ve also shown you how to create a blog page to display your most recent published entries.
Regardless of your choice to make blog post entries on your front page or your blog page, With WordPress you can specify the number of published blog posts to appear on these pages (i.e. ’2’, ’5’, ’12’ etc.)
Your WP website will then display your most recently published blog post entries on your blog page up to the maximum number of items you have specified, even if your WordPress website contains more posts than the number set to display …
Being able to specify the number of blog post items display on your web site is useful.
For example, you can display only the latest single post item you have published. This can be useful for example, if you promote a weekly special, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post upcoming events, set up a quarterly office page for 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 may be, With WordPress you have the flexibility to set 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 change the number of blog post entries you want to show up on your blog page.
How To Change The Number Of Blog Post Entries Displayed On Your Blog
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress allows you to choose how many posts you would like displayed on the blog page of your web site.
The number of posts you want displayed is completely up to you. there is no limit to this number …
Note: Select a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the entries load on your site. You can always increase or decrease the number of items displayed on your blog page.
To set the number of published blog posts you want displayed on the blog page of your WordPress web site, choose Settings > Reading from the WP admin menu …
Configure your options in the Reading Settings section as per the screenshot below:
Editing The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Front Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the home page shows your latest published blog entries, then edit your settings 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 items you want to display – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when done to update your settings…
To Specify The Number Of Posts Showing On The Blog Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a website, where the front page shows a fixed page and your newest posts display on a separate blog page, then edit your settings as shown 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 posts that you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when done …
Now, when visitors come to your site, they will see your most recent published articles showing either on your main 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 set the number of blog posts you want to have displaying on the blog page of your site.
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