As we’ve discussed in other posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your latest post entries on the front page, unless you specify a page as the main page.
In a separate post, we’ve also shown you how to create a WordPress blog page to show your latest published entries.
Whether you choose to make blog post entries on your front page or your blog page, WordPress lets you set a specific number of published posts to appear on these pages (i.e. ’2’, ’5’, ’10’ etc.)
Your WP site will then display blog post entries on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have set, even if your WP site contains more blog posts than the number of posts set to display …
Having the ability to specify how many post items will display on your WordPress site is useful.
For example, you can display only the latest post item that you have published. This can be useful for example, if you want to send your readers to a weekly special, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post an upcoming event, set up a monthly team page for announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this great feature to fill an ugly space on your blog 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 will display 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 site’s blog page.
How To Set The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Blog
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress allows you to choose how many published blog posts you would like to have showing on your site’s blog page.
How many posts you would like displayed is entirely up to you. there is no limit to this number …
Note: Select a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the content loads on your site. You can always raise or lower the amount of posts displayed.
To set the number of published blog post entries you would like to have displaying on your blog page website, go to your WordPress dashboard menu and choose Settings > Reading …
Configure your options in the Reading Settings page as shown in the screenshot below:
Modifying The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Home Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the front page displays your most recent blog posts, then edit your settings 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 items you want displayed – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished…
Changing The Number Of Posts On The Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the home page displays a fixed page and your latest posts display on a separate blog page, then set your options 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 posts that you want to display – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when finished …
Now, when visitors land on your site, they will see blog post entries showing either on your front 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 change the number of blog post entries you want listed on the blog page of your site.
Related Posts
If you are learning how to use WordPress, you may also find the following topic-related posts useful:
- How To Create A WordPress Home Page
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Blog Post Entries In WordPress
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