As we’ve discussed in previous posts, by default, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your newest published content on the main page, unless you set a fixed page as the front page.
In a previously published post, we also discuss how to create a WordPress blog page to display your most recent published content.
Regardless of your choice to make recently published blog post entries show up on your main page or your blog page, With WordPress you can set a specific number of blog posts to show on these pages (e.g. ’2’, ’4’, ’15’ etc.)
Your site will then display posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have specified, even if your website contains more blog posts than the number of posts you have set to display …
The ability to specify the number of post items will display on your site has a number of uses.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the most recent post you have published. This is useful, if, for example, you want to send your readers to 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 community page for updates and announcements, etc.
You can also 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 set the number of posts that will show on main blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how easy it is to specify how many blog post entries to show up on your blog page.
Specifying The Number Of Post Entries To Display On Your WordPress Blog Page
WordPress lets you choose how many published blog post entries you would like to have displaying on your blog page.
The number of blog posts you would like displayed is entirely up to you. there is no limit to this number …
Note: We suggest that you 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 posts displayed.
To specify the number of blog posts you would like to have displaying on your site’s blog page site, go to your WordPress navigation menu and choose Settings > Reading …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings page as per the screenshot below:
How To Edit The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Main Page
If you are using your WP site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the front page displays your latest blog 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 blog posts that you want to display – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when done…
Editing The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the main page is a fixed page and your newest post entries 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 entries that you want to display – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished …
Now, when visitors come to your website, they will see recently published articles 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 to have showing on your website’s blog page.
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