As we’ve discussed in previous posts, by default, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and shows your latest published content on the front page, unless you fix a page as the home page.
In another article, we also cover how to create a WordPress blog page to display your most recent blog post entries.
Regardless of your choice to have blog posts on your main page or your blog page, WordPress lets you set a specific number of blog post entries to display on these pages (i.e. ’2’, ‘3’, ’15’ etc.)
Your website will then display your latest blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of items you have specified, even if your site contains more posts than the number of posts set to display …
The ability to specify how many post items will display on your web site can be very useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest blog post item that you have published. This can be handy for example, if you want to promote a weekly special, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post an upcoming event, set up a quarterly community page for announcements, etc.
You can also use this great feature to fill an empty space on your blog if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason, With WordPress you have the flexibility to change the number of blog posts that you want to display on your blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how to easily specify the number of posts you want to show on your blog page.
How To Set The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Blog
WordPress lets you specify how many published blog post entries you would like displayed on the blog page of your web site.
The number of blog posts you would like displayed is completely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this amount …
Note: We recommend selecting a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the content loads on your site. You can always raise or lower the amount of items displayed on your blog page.
To set the number of published blog post entries you want to have showing on your website’s blog page site, go to your WordPress dashboard menu and select Settings > Reading …
Configure your settings in the Reading Settings page as per the screenshot below:
Specifying The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Main Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the main page displays your newest 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 entries you want to display – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done…
How To Specify The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the main page shows a fixed page and your latest published post entries show up 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 entries that you want to display – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished to update your settings …
Now, when visitors land on your site, they will see blog post entries 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 change the amount of published posts you would like listed on the blog page.
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