As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and displays your newest posts on the front page, unless you fix a page as a main page.
In a separate article, we also address how to create a blog page to display your most recent published articles.
Regardless of your choice to make your blog posts on your home page or your blog page, you can set a specific number of items to display on these pages (i.e. ’2’, ’4’, ’15’ etc.)
Your website will then display recently published articles on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog posts you have set, even if your WordPress web site contains more posts than the number of posts set to display …
Being able to specify how many blog posts can display on your WordPress site can be useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest single post item that you have published. This can be handy for example, if you are promoting a different time-sensitive offer each week, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post upcoming events, set up a quarterly team page for announcements, etc.
You can also use this great feature to fill an empty space on your blog page if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason, With WordPress you have the flexibility to set the number of blog posts that will show on main blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how to easily change the number of blog post entries you want to show on your blog page.
How To Change The Number Of Posts To Display On Your Blog
WordPress lets you choose how many blog posts you would like to have displaying on the blog page.
How many entries you would like displayed is entirely up to you. there is no limit to this number …
Note: Select a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the entries load on your site. You can always raise or lower the number of posts displayed.
To set how many published blog posts you would like to show on the blog page of your website, select Settings > Reading from the WP navigation menu …
Configure your options in the Reading Settings section as per the screenshot below:
How To Modify The Number Of Posts Showing On The Home Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the home page displays your latest 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 post entries you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when done…
To Modify The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Blog Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a website, where the front page displays a fixed page and your most recent published entries show up on a separate blog page, then edit your settings as shown 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 show – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done …
Now, when visitors come to your website, they will see your most recent published articles displayed either on your main 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 change the amount of blog posts you would like to display on the blog page of your site.
Related Posts
If you are a new WordPress user, you may also find the following topic-related posts useful:
- How To Make A WordPress Page Your Static Home Page
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Blog Posts In WordPress
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