As we’ve discussed in other posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and displays your most recent post entries on the front page, unless you fix a page as a static home page.
In a previously published post, we also discuss how to create a blog page to show your most recent blog posts.
Regardless of your choice to have your most recent published articles on your front page or your blog page, With WordPress you can specify the number of items to display on these pages (i.e. ’2’, ‘3’, ’12’ etc.)
Your WordPress site will then display your most recently published articles on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have set, even if your WordPress website or blog contains more blog posts than the number set to display …
Being able to set how many posts can display on your web site has a number of uses.
For example, you can display only the most recent blog post item you have published. This is handy for example, if you promote a weekly special, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post an upcoming event, set up a weekly team page for updates and announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this feature to fill an ugly space on your blog if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason may be, With WordPress you have the flexibility to set the number of posts that you want to show on main blog page.
In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to easily change the number of posts will show on your WordPress blog.
How To Set The Number Of Blog Post Entries To Display On Your Blog
WordPress allows you to choose how many blog post entries you want to display on your blog page.
How many posts you want 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 content loads on your site. You can always increase or decrease the amount of items displayed on your blog page.
To set how many published blog posts you want listed on your blog page website, go to the WP admin menu and select Settings > Reading …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings section as per the screenshot below:
How To Specify The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Front Page
If you are using your WP site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the main page shows your latest blog posts, 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 entries that you want displayed – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished…
To Specify The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the front page shows a fixed page and your latest published blog 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 blog posts that you want showing – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when done …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see blog post entries showing either on your front 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 number of posts you want listed on your site’s blog page.
Related Posts
If you are learning how to use WordPress, you may also find the following related posts useful:
- How To Create A Static Home Page In WordPress
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Post Entries
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