As we’ve discussed in other posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and shows your latest post entries on the home page, unless you fix a page as your front page.
In another post, we also cover how to create a blog page to display your most recent published content.
Regardless of your choice to make your blog posts on your home page or your blog page, you can specify the number of blog posts to display on these pages (i.e. ’2’, ’6’, ’15’ etc.)
Your WP site will then display your most recently published articles on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have specified, even if your WordPress web site contains more blog posts than the number of posts you have set to display …
The ability to specify the number of entries can display on your site can be very useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the most recent blog post item that you have published. This can be useful, if, for example, you are promoting a different time-sensitive offer each month, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post an upcoming event, set up a quarterly team page for updates and announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this great feature to fill an ugly space on your blog page if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason may be, WordPress gives you the flexibility to specify the number of posts to show on main blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how to easily change the number of blog posts to show up on your site’s blog page.
How To Set The Number Of Post Entries Displayed On Your Blog Page
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress allows you to choose how many blog posts you would like to show on the blog page of your site.
The number of blog posts you would like to display is completely up to you. there is no limit to this amount …
Note: We recommend selecting a sensible setting that won’t overload 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 the blog page of your web site, go to the WP navigation menu and select Settings > Reading …
Configure the options in the Reading Settings panel as shown below:
Specifying The Number Of Posts On Your Main Page
If you are using your WP site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the main page displays your most recent published post items, 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 posts you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when done to update your settings…
Modifying The Number Of Posts On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the home page is a fixed page and your latest posts show up on a separate blog page, then set your options 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 blog post items that you want to display – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when done to update your settings …
Now, when visitors land on your site, they will see blog posts showing 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 set the number of published blog post entries you would like listed on your WordPress website’s blog page.
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