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 your main page.
In another post, we also discuss how to create a WordPress blog page to show your latest blog post entries.
Whether you choose to have your most recent published articles on your main page or your blog page, WordPress lets you set a specific number of posts to show on these pages (e.g. ’2’, ’6’, ’10’ etc.)
Your site will then display blog post entries on your blog page up to the maximum number of items you have specified, even if your web site contains more posts than the number of posts you have set to display …
The ability to specify how many post items display on your WordPress site is useful.
For example, you can display only the most recent blog post that you have published. This is useful for example, if you are promoting a different limited-time offer each month, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post an upcoming event, set up a weekly corporate page for announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this great feature to fill an ugly space on your blog if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason, WordPress gives you the flexibility to specify the number of blog posts that you want to show on main blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how easy it is to specify the number of blog posts will show up on your site’s blog page.
How To Specify The Number Of Post Entries Displayed On Your Blog
WordPress lets you choose how many published blog posts you would like to have displaying on the blog page of your web site.
The number of blog posts you would like to display is completely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this amount …
Note: Pick 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 posts displayed.
To specify the number of blog post entries you would like to have displaying on the blog page of your site, choose Settings > Reading from your WordPress admin menu …
Configure your settings in the Reading Settings panel as per the screenshot below:
Specifying The Number Of Posts On Your Front Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the home page shows your latest post entries, then set your options 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 post items that you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished…
Specifying The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the main page shows a fixed page and your newest post entries display 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 posts that you want to show – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when finished to update your settings …
Now, when visitors come to your site, they will see your newest blog posts displayed 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 amount of published blog post entries you would like to have displaying on the blog page of your WP website.
Related Posts
If you are a WordPress newbie, you may also find the following posts useful:
- How To Set A Page You Select As Your Website’s Home Page In WordPress
- How To Create A Blog In WordPress
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