As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and shows your latest post entries on the front page, unless you set a fixed page as your main page.
In another article, we also discuss how to create a WordPress blog page to display your most recent published posts.
Regardless of your choice to make your blog posts on your home page or your blog page, you can set a specific number of posts to show on these pages (e.g. ’2’, ’7’, ’15’ etc.)
Your website will then display posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of items you have specified, even if your web site contains more blog posts than the number set to display …
The ability to set how many blog post items display on your site has a number of practical applications.
For example, you can display only the most recent blog post you have published. This can be handy, if, for example, you promote a weekly special, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post upcoming events, set up a quarterly corporate page for announcements, etc.
You can also use this great feature to fill an ugly space on your blog page if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason, WordPress gives you the flexibility to set the number of posts that will show on main blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how easy it is to specify the number of posts to show up on your blog.
How To Change The Number Of Posts To Display On Your WordPress Blog Page
WordPress allows you to choose how many published blog post entries you would like to have showing on the blog page of your web site.
How many entries you would like to display is entirely up to you. there is no limit to this amount …
Note: Pick a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the entries load on your site. You can always increase or decrease the amount of items displayed.
To set the number of blog post entries you would like listed on your site’s blog page site, click on Settings > Reading from the WP navigation menu …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings page as shown below:
Editing The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Home Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the home page displays your newest published blog post 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 to display – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done…
Modifying The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Blog Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a website, where the home page is a fixed page and your most recent blog 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 posts you want displayed – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when done …
Now, when visitors land on your site, they will see your most recently published articles 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 set the amount of published blog post entries you would like to have displaying on your WP website’s blog page.
Related Posts
If you are learning how to use WordPress, you may also find the following related posts useful:
- How To Make Any Page Of Your Choice Become The Home Page In WordPress
- How To Create A Blog Page In WordPress
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