As we’ve discussed in previous posts, by default, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your newest blog posts on the home page, unless you set a specific page as the front page.
In a previously published tutorial, we also address how to create a blog page to show your most recent published posts.
Regardless of your choice to have present recently published blog post entries on your main page or your blog page, With WordPress you can set a specific number of blog posts to show up on these pages (e.g. ‘1’, ’4’, ’10’ etc.)
Your WordPress website will then display your most recently published articles on your blog page up to the maximum number of items you have specified, even if your web site contains more blog posts than the number you have set to display …
Being able to specify the number of entries display on your WordPress site has a number of practical applications.
For example, you can display only the latest blog post item you have published. This is handy, 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 an upcoming event, set up a weekly community page for announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this great feature to fill an ugly space on your blog page if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason may be, With WordPress you have the flexibility to change the number of posts to display on main blog page.
In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to change the number of blog posts you want to show on your site’s blog page.
Setting The Number Of Blog Posts To Display On Your Blog
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress allows you to choose how many blog post entries you would like to have showing on the blog page of your web site.
The number of blog posts you would like displayed is entirely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this number …
Note: Choose a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the content loads on your site. You can always increase or decrease the amount of posts displayed.
To specify the number of posts you want listed on your website’s blog page website, click on Settings > Reading from the WordPress dashboard menu …
Configure your settings in the Reading Settings screen as per the screenshot below:
How To Change The Number Of Posts On Your Front Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the main page shows your most recent post entries, 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 posts that you want displayed – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when finished…
Editing The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the front page shows a fixed page and your most recent published blog content show up 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 post entries you want to display – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when finished to update your settings …
Now, when visitors come to your website, they will see blog post entries showing either on your front 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 amount of published blog post entries you want to display on your WordPress site’s blog page.
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