As we’ve discussed in other posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and shows your newest posts on the front page, unless you specify a page as the main page.
In a separate article, we have also explained how to create a blog page to display your latest published entries.
Whether you choose to make display posts on your home page or your blog page, you can specify the number of published blog posts to appear on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ’4’, ’15’ etc.)
Your WordPress website will then display posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of items you have set, even if your site contains more posts than the number of items set to display …
The ability to set the number of posts will display on your WordPress site can be useful.
For example, you can display only the latest single entry you have published. This can be useful, if, for example, you are promoting a different time-sensitive offer each week, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post upcoming events, set up a quarterly office page for updates and announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this feature to fill an ugly space on your blog if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason, WordPress gives you the flexibility to change the number of posts that you want to show on your blog page.
In this tutorial, you are going to learn how easy it is to set how many posts you want to display on your WordPress blog.
Changing The Number Of Post Entries Displayed On Your Blog
WordPress lets you choose how many published blog posts you want to display on the blog page of your web site.
The number of blog posts you would like to display 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 items displayed on your blog page.
To specify the number of published posts you would like displayed on your website’s blog page website, go to your WordPress navigation menu and click on Settings > Reading …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings section as per the screenshot below:
How To Specify The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Home Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the front page shows your newest 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 blog post entries that you want showing – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done…
To Change The Number Of Posts Showing On The Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the front page shows a fixed page and your most recent published 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 you want to display – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done to update your settings …
Now, when visitors come to your site, they will see recently published content 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 set the amount of published blog post entries you want to show on the blog page of your WordPress web site.
Related Posts
If you are a WordPress newbie, you may also find the following posts useful:
- How To Show A Page As Your Site’s Home Page In WordPress
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Posts In WordPress
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