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 home page, unless you fix a page as a front page.
In a previously published article, we also address how to create a blog page to display your latest blog post entries.
Whether you choose to make blog post entries on your front page or your blog page, you can set a specific number of published post entries to appear on these pages (e.g. ‘1’, ’7’, ’12’ etc.)
Your WP site will then display your most recently published articles on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog posts you have specified, even if your WordPress website or blog contains more posts than the number of posts you have set to display …
Being able to specify how many entries display on your web site can be useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the most recent blog post item that you have published. This can be handy for example, if you promote a different limited-time offer each month, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post an upcoming event, set up a quarterly office page for updates and announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this 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 change the number of blog posts that will display on your blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how to easily set how many blog post entries you want to show on your blog page.
How To Specify The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your WordPress Blog
WordPress allows you to choose how many blog post entries you would like listed on your website’s blog page.
The number of entries you want to display is entirely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this amount …
Note: Select a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the content loads on your site. You can always increase or decrease the number of posts displayed.
To specify how many published blog posts you want to display on the blog page of your WordPress web site, go to your WP navigation menu and choose Settings > Reading …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings page as per the screenshot below:
How To Change The Number Of Posts On Your Home Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the main page displays your most recent posts, then set your options 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 blog post items you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when finished to update your settings…
Changing The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Blog Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a website, where the home page is a fixed page and your most recent 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 that you want showing – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished …
Now, when visitors come to your website, they will see posts displayed either on your main 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 number of published blog post entries you want to have displaying on the blog page of your WP website.
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