As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and shows your most recent blog posts on the front page, unless you fix a page as a front page.
In a previous post, we also show you how to create a blog page to display your latest published content.
Whether you choose to make your blog posts on your front page or your blog page, you can set a specific number of blog post entries to appear on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ’4’, ’15’ etc.)
Your site will then display blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog posts you have specified, even if your site contains more blog posts than the number of items set to display …
Being able to specify how many blog post items will display on your web site is useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest single post item that you have published. This is useful for example, if you want to send your readers to a different limited-time offer each week, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post an upcoming event, set up a monthly social page for updates and announcements, etc.
You can also use this great feature to fill an ugly space on your blog page if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason, With WordPress you have the flexibility to specify the number of posts to show on your blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how easy it is to change the number of posts to show on your WordPress blog.
Changing The Number Of Post Entries To Display On Your WordPress Blog
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress lets you specify how many published blog posts you want listed on the blog page of your site.
How many posts you would like to display is entirely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this number …
Note: Select a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the entries load on your site. You can always increase or decrease the amount of items displayed.
To set how many blog posts you would like to have showing on your website’s blog page web site, choose Settings > Reading from your WordPress admin menu …
Configure your options in the Reading Settings page as shown below:
Changing The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Home Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the main page displays your latest 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 posts that you want displayed – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when finished…
Modifying The Number Of Posts On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the home page displays a fixed page and your most recent post entries 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 posts you want showing – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished …
Now, when visitors land on your site, 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 amount of published blog posts you want to display on your WP site’s blog page.
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