As we’ve discussed in previous posts, by default, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your newest posts on the home page, unless you set a specific page as the home page.
In another article, we have also shown you how to create a blog page to show your most recent post.
Whether you choose to make present blog posts on your home page or your blog page, With WordPress you can set a specific number of items to show up on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’ etc.)
Your WP site will then display blog post entries on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog posts you have set, even if your site contains more blog posts than the number of items you have set to display …
Being able to set the number of posts display on your web site is useful.
For example, you can display only the latest entry you have published. This can be useful for example, if you want to send your readers to a weekly special, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post an upcoming event, set up a weekly community page for updates and announcements, etc.
You can also use this feature to fill an empty space on your blog page if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason may be, WordPress gives you the flexibility to specify the number of blog posts that you want to display on your blog page.
In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to easily change how many blog post entries you want to show on your blog page.
How To Specify The Number Of Blog Post Entries To Display On Your WordPress Blog Page
WordPress allows you to choose how many posts you would like displayed on the blog page of your web site.
How many entries you would like to display is entirely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this amount …
Note: Choose a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the entries load on your site. You can always increase or decrease the amount of posts displayed on your blog page.
To specify how many posts you want to display on the blog page of your WP website, click on Settings > Reading from your WordPress navigation menu …
Configure your settings in the Reading Settings page as shown below:
Changing The Number Of Posts On The Home Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the main page displays your latest 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 items that you want displayed – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done…
To Edit The Number Of Posts Showing On The Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the home page displays a fixed page and your newest 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 post entries you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when done …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see posts 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 published blog post entries you want to have showing on the blog page of your WP web site.
Related Posts
If you are learning how to use WordPress, you may also find the following related posts useful:
- How To Set A Page In WordPress As A Static Home Page
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Posts
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