As we’ve discussed in other posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and shows your newest post entries on the front page, unless you set a specific page as a static home page.
In a previous article, we’ve also explained how to create a WordPress blog page to display your most recent published content.
Regardless of your choice to make your blog posts on your main page or your blog page, WordPress lets you specify the number of blog posts to show on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ’7’, ’15’ etc.)
Your site will then display blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of posts you have set, even if your web site contains more blog posts than the number of posts you have set to display …
Having the ability to specify how many post items display on your blog page can be very useful.
For example, you can display only the latest post you have published. This can be useful, if, for example, you want to promote a weekly special, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post an upcoming event, set up a monthly corporate 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 is too long …
Whatever the reason, WordPress gives you the flexibility to set the number of posts that you want to show on your blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how to easily specify how many blog posts to display on your site’s blog page.
Changing The Number Of Blog Posts To Display On Your Blog
WordPress lets you specify how many published posts you want displayed on your site’s blog page.
How many blog posts you want to display is completely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this amount …
Note: Choose a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the entries load on your site. You can always raise or lower the number of posts displayed.
To set how many posts you want to show on the blog page of your WordPress site, click on Settings > Reading from the WordPress dashboard menu …
Configure your settings in the Reading Settings screen as per the screenshot below:
Modifying The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Home Page
If you are using your WP site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the front page shows your most recent post 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 post entries that you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when finished…
To Specify The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the front page displays a fixed page and your most recent published blog content show up on a separate blog page, then set your options 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 blog post items that you want to show – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done …
Now, when visitors come to your site, they will see your blog posts 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 published posts you want listed on the blog page.
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