As we’ve discussed in previous posts, by default, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and displays your newest posts on the main page, unless you set a fixed page as a home page.
In a previously published post, we’ve also explained how to create a blog page to show your latest blog posts.
Regardless of your choice to make recently published articles appear on your home page or your blog page, With WordPress you can specify the number of posts to show up on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’12’ etc.)
Your WP website will then display posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have set, even if your WordPress website contains more blog posts than the number of posts set to display …
The ability to specify the number of entries will display on your web site can be very useful.
For example, you can display only the latest single blog post that you have published. This is useful, if, for example, you are promoting a weekly special, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post upcoming events, set up a weekly team page for updates and announcements, etc.
You can also use this great feature to fill an empty space on your blog page if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason may be, WordPress gives you the flexibility to specify the number of posts that you want to display on main blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how to specify the number of blog posts will show up on your blog.
How To Specify The Number Of Blog Posts Displayed On Your WordPress Blog
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress lets you specify how many blog post entries you want to have displaying on the blog page of your site.
The number of posts you want to display is completely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this number …
Note: Choose a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the content loads on your site. You can always increase or decrease the amount of items displayed on your blog page.
To specify how many blog posts you would like to show on the blog page of your WP web site, click on Settings > Reading from the WP navigation menu …
Configure your settings in the Reading Settings panel as per the screenshot below:
Changing The Number Of Posts On The Main Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the home page shows your most recent posts, 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 items that you want to display – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when finished…
Modifying The Number Of Posts On The Blog Page
If you are using your WP site as a website, where the front page displays a fixed page and your newest published blog post items 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 posts that you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see your latest 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 change the number of published blog post entries you want listed on the blog page of your site.
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