As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and shows your latest post entries on the front page, unless you set a specific page as a home page.
In a previous tutorial, we also show you how to create a blog page to display your most recent published content.
Whether you choose to have present your newest blog posts on your front page or your blog page, WordPress lets you specify the number of published blog posts to show on these pages (e.g. ‘1’, ’7’, ’10’ etc.)
Your WP website will then display your most recently published articles on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog posts you have specified, even if your site contains more posts than the number of posts set to display …
Having the ability to set how many blog posts display on your WordPress site has a number of practical uses.
For example, you can display only the latest blog post that you have published. This is useful for example, if you are promoting a different expiring offer each month, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post an upcoming event, set up a weekly corporate page for announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this feature to fill an ugly space on your blog if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason may be, With WordPress you have the flexibility to specify the number of posts to show on main blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how to specify 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 published posts you would like to display on the blog page.
The number of entries you want to display is completely 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 amount of posts displayed on your blog page.
To set how many posts you want to have showing on the blog page of your WP website, go to your WP navigation menu and click on Settings > Reading …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings page as per the screenshot below:
Modifying The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Home Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the front page shows your newest 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 blog post items that you want showing – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done…
Editing The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the home page is a fixed page and your most recent posts display on a separate blog page, then set your options 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 post items you want to display – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done to update your settings …
Now, when visitors come to your site, 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 change the amount of published blog post entries you would like to have displaying on your website’s blog page.
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