As we’ve discussed in other posts, by default, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and displays your most recent published content on the front page, unless you specify a page as the home page.
In another tutorial, we’ve also covered how to create a WordPress blog page to show your most recent published posts.
Regardless of your choice to make your most recent published articles on your main page or your blog page, With WordPress you can set a specific number of posts to show up on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ’6’, ’10’ etc.)
Your WP website will then display your latest blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of posts you have specified, even if your WordPress web site contains more blog posts than the number you have set to display …
Having the ability to set how many entries display on your web site can be very useful.
For example, you can display only the most recent post item you have published. This is useful, if, for example, 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 a local sports competition, post an upcoming event, set up a monthly corporate page for announcements, etc.
You can also use this feature to fill an empty space on your blog if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason, With WordPress you have the flexibility to change the number of blog posts that will display on your blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how to specify how many posts will display on your blog.
Changing The Number Of Posts To Display On Your Blog Page
WordPress allows you to specify how many posts you want to have showing on the blog page of your web site.
The number of blog posts you want to display is entirely up to you. there is no limit to this number …
Note: We recommend that you choose a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the content loads on your site. You can always raise or lower the number of items displayed.
To specify how many published blog posts you would like displayed on your site’s blog page web site, go to your WP admin menu and click on Settings > Reading …
Configure the options in the Reading Settings panel as shown in the screenshot below:
How To Change The Number Of Posts On Your Home Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the front page displays your newest published 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 blog posts that you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when done…
Specifying The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the front page is a fixed page and your latest posts 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 blog post items that you want displayed – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when done …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see blog posts displayed either on your main 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 number of blog post entries you want to have showing on the blog page.
Related Posts
If you are new to WordPress, you may also find the following related posts useful:
- How To Make A WordPress Page Your Static Main Page
- How To Create A Blog Section In Your WordPress Site
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