As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your most recent published entries on the front page, unless you specify a page as your front page.
In another article, we have also shown you how to create a WordPress blog page to display your most recent published articles.
Whether you choose to have your blog posts on your front page or your blog page, WordPress lets you specify the number of published posts to display on these pages (e.g. ‘1’, ’4’, ‘9’ etc.)
Your WordPress website will then display blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of posts you have specified, even if your WP website or blog contains more blog posts than the number of posts you have set to display …
Having the ability to set the number of posts can display on your site is useful.
For example, you can display only the latest post item that you have published. This is handy, if, for example, you are promoting a different limited-time offer each week, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post an upcoming event, set up a weekly team page for updates and announcements, etc.
Or, you can 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 to show on your blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how to set the number of posts you want to show on your site’s blog page.
How To Change The Number Of Blog Post Entries Displayed On Your WordPress Blog Page
WordPress allows you to specify how many posts you want displayed on your blog page.
How many blog posts you want to display is completely up to you. there is no limit to this number …
Note: Pick a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the content loads on your site. You can always raise or lower the number of items displayed on your blog page.
To set how many blog post entries you would like displayed on the blog page of your WP web site, go to your WordPress navigation menu and choose Settings > Reading …
Configure your settings in the Reading Settings panel as shown in the screenshot below:
How To Modify The Number Of Posts Showing On The Front Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the home page displays your latest posts, 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 entries you want to show – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished…
Modifying The Number Of Posts On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the home page is a fixed page and your most recent published blog items display 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 post entries you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see posts showing either on your home 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 blog post entries you want listed on your WP site’s blog page.
Related Posts
If you are a new WordPress user, you may also find the following posts useful:
- How To Make Any Page Of Your Choice Be The Home Page Of Your WP Site
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your WordPress Posts
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