As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your newest published posts on the front page, unless you specify a page as a home page.
In a previous article, we have also explained how to create a WordPress blog page to display your latest published content.
Whether you choose to make present your most recently published posts on your main page or your blog page, WordPress lets you specify the number of blog posts to appear on these pages (i.e. ’2’, ’5’, ’10’ etc.)
Your site will then display recently published post entries 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 you have set to display …
Having the ability to specify how many blog posts display on your blog page has a number of uses.
For example, you can display only the latest post that you have published. This is useful, if, for example, you are promoting a weekly special, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post upcoming events, set up a quarterly corporate page for announcements, etc.
Or, you can 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, With WordPress you have the flexibility to specify the number of blog posts to display on your blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how to easily change how many posts will display on your site’s blog page.
How To Change The Number Of Post Entries Displayed On Your WordPress Blog
WordPress allows you to choose how many published blog posts you want to display on the blog page of your website.
The number of blog posts you would like displayed is entirely up to you. there is no limit to this number …
Note: Choose a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the entries load on your site. You can always increase or decrease the amount of items displayed on your blog page.
To specify how many published blog post entries you want listed on your blog page web site, select Settings > Reading from the WP navigation menu …
Configure the options in the Reading Settings panel as shown in the screenshot below:
How To Edit 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 main page displays your latest published items, 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 posts you want displayed – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when done…
Editing The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Blog Page
If you are using your WP site as a website, where the home page displays a fixed page and your newest published blog posts 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 to display – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when finished …
Now, when visitors land on your site, they will see your most recently published articles 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 number of published blog posts you want to have displaying on your WordPress site’s blog page.
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