As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and displays your latest post entries on the main page, unless you set a fixed page as the front page.
In another article, we also address how to create a WordPress blog page to display your most recent blog posts.
Regardless of your choice to make your blog posts on your front page or your blog page, you can set a specific number of items to show on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’12’ etc.)
Your WP site will then display your most recent published articles on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog posts you have set, even if your WP site contains more blog posts than the number set to display …
Being able to specify the number of blog posts can display on your blog page is useful.
For example, you can display only the most recent entry you have published. This is useful for example, if you promote 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 monthly team page for updates and announcements, etc.
You can also use this feature to fill an empty space on your blog page 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 you want to show on main blog page.
In this tutorial, you are going to learn how easy it is to set the number of blog post entries you want to show on your WordPress blog.
Changing The Number Of Blog Post Entries To Display On Your Blog Page
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress lets you choose how many posts you would like to display on your website’s blog page.
How many blog posts you want displayed is entirely up to you. there is no limit to this number …
Note: Pick a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the content loads on your site. You can always raise or lower the number of items displayed.
To specify the number of published blog posts you would like listed on the blog page of your WP web site, select Settings > Reading from your WP dashboard menu …
Configure the options in the Reading Settings page as shown in the screenshot below:
Editing The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Front Page
If you are using your WP site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the home page shows your most recent published blog post entries, 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 blog post entries you want showing – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished…
Editing The Number Of Posts On Your Blog Page
If you are using your WP site as a website, where the front page displays a fixed page and your newest post entries 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 post items that you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes 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 amount of blog post entries you would like to have displaying on your site’s blog page.
Related Posts
If you are a new WordPress user, you may also find the following topic-related posts useful:
- How To Make The WordPress Page You Choose Be The Website’s Home Page
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your WordPress Posts
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