As we’ve discussed in other posts, by default, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and shows your latest posts on the home page, unless you fix a page as the main page.
In a previous tutorial, we have also addressed how to create a blog page to display your latest published articles.
Whether you choose to make blog post entries on your home page or your blog page, With WordPress you can set a specific number of items to appear on these pages (i.e. ’2’, ’4’, ’12’ etc.)
Your WP website will then display posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have set, even if your web site contains more posts than the number of posts set to display …
Being able to specify how many entries display on your blog page is useful.
For example, you can display only the latest single post item you have published. This is handy for example, if you want to promote 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 upcoming events, set up a weekly office page for updates and announcements, etc.
You can also use this great feature to fill an ugly space on your blog if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason may be, WordPress gives you the flexibility to change the number of blog posts that will display on your blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how easy it is to set how many blog posts will show on your WordPress blog.
Setting The Number Of Blog Post Entries Displayed On Your Blog
WordPress allows you to specify how many published blog posts you want to display on your website’s blog page.
The number of entries you would like to display is entirely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this amount …
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 number of items displayed.
To set the number of published blog posts you want displayed on the blog page of your WordPress site, select Settings > Reading from the WP admin menu …
Configure your options in the Reading Settings screen as per the screenshot below:
How To Modify The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Front Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the front page shows your latest post entries, then edit your settings as shown below:
- Front page displays: Set this to Your latest posts
- Blog pages show at most: X posts (where ‘X’ is the number of posts you want to display – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished to update your settings…
How To Modify The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the home page shows a fixed page and your latest post entries 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 entries that you want to display – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see your most recent published articles displayed either on your home 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 posts you would like to have displaying on the blog page.
Related Posts
If you are a new WordPress user, you may also find the following topic-related posts useful:
- How To Create A WP Homepage
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Blog Posts In WordPress
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