As we’ve discussed in other posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and shows your most recent post entries on the home page, unless you fix a page as the home page.
In a separate tutorial, we also explain how to create a WordPress blog page to show your latest blog posts.
Whether you choose to make blog posts on your front page or your blog page, WordPress lets you specify the number of blog post entries to appear on these pages (i.e. ’2’, ’5’, ’12’ etc.)
Your WP website will then display your most recent published articles on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog posts you have set, even if your WP website contains more posts than the number of posts you have set to display …
Being able to specify the number of blog post items will display on your blog page has a number of practical uses.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the most recent post you have published. This can be handy for example, if you want to promote a weekly special, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post upcoming events, set up a quarterly office page for updates and announcements, etc.
You can also use this 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 display on your blog page.
In this tutorial, you are going to learn how easy it is to specify the number of posts you want to show on your WordPress blog.
Changing The Number Of Blog Posts To Display On Your WordPress Blog Page
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress lets you specify how many posts you would like listed on the blog page of your web site.
The number of entries you would like to display is entirely up to you. there is no limit to this number …
Note: Select a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the content loads on your site. You can always raise or lower the amount of posts displayed.
To specify how many published posts you would like to have displaying on your website’s blog page site, go to your WP dashboard menu and select Settings > Reading …
Configure the options in the Reading Settings section as per the screenshot below:
How To Edit The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Home Page
If you are using your WP site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the front page displays your newest blog posts, then edit your settings 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 posts that you want displayed – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done…
Changing The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Blog Page
If you are using your WP site as a website, where the front page shows a fixed page and your latest published posts 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 blog posts you want showing – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when finished …
Now, when visitors come to your website, they will see blog post entries 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 amount of blog post entries you want to show on the blog page of your website.
Related Posts
If you are a WordPress newbie, you may also find the following related posts useful:
- How To Set Any Page In WordPress As A Static Home Page
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Post Entries In WordPress
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