As we’ve discussed in other posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and displays your latest posts on the front page, unless you fix a page as the home page.
In a previous post, we also address how to create a WordPress blog page to display your most recent post.
Whether you choose to have display your newest blog posts on your main page or your blog page, With WordPress you can specify the number of blog posts to show on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’12’ etc.)
Your WP website will then display blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have set, even if your WP website or blog contains more blog posts than the number of items set to display …
Having the ability to specify the number of post items display on your site can be very useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest single blog post item that you have published. This is useful, if, for example, you want to promote a weekly special, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post upcoming events, set up a monthly team page for updates and announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this feature to fill an empty space on your blog page if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason may be, With WordPress you have the flexibility to change the number of blog posts that will display on main blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how easy it is to set how many blog posts to show up on your blog.
How To Change The Number Of Blog Post Entries Displayed On Your WordPress Blog
WordPress lets you choose how many blog posts you want to have displaying on the blog page of your website.
The number of blog posts you would like to display is completely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit 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 items displayed.
To set the number of published blog posts you would like displayed on the blog page website, click on Settings > Reading from your WordPress navigation menu …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings page as per the screenshot below:
How To Modify The Number Of Posts Showing On The Home Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the home page displays your newest published 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 post items you want to show – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done…
How To Modify The Number Of Posts On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the home page displays a fixed page and your latest blog posts show up 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 entries you want displayed – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done …
Now, when visitors come to your website, they will see posts showing either on your front 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 number of published blog post entries you want listed on the blog page of your WordPress web site.
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