As we’ve discussed in other posts, by default, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and displays your most recent blog posts on the main page, unless you set a fixed page as a static home page.
In a previously published tutorial, we have also addressed how to create a blog page to show your latest post.
Regardless of your choice to make posts on your front page or your blog page, With WordPress you can set a specific number of blog posts to display on these pages (e.g. ’2’, ’5’, ’15’ etc.)
Your site will then display blog post entries on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have specified, even if your website or blog contains more blog posts than the number set to display …
The ability to specify the number of posts can display on your site has a number of practical applications.
For example, you can display only the latest blog post that 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 your sports team, post an upcoming event, set up a quarterly community page for announcements, etc.
You can also use this great 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 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 posts you want to display on your blog page.
Specifying The Number Of Blog Posts Displayed On Your Blog
WordPress allows you to choose how many published blog posts you want listed on the blog page.
The number of blog posts you want to display is entirely 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 raise or lower the number of posts displayed on your blog page.
To specify how many posts you would like listed on the blog page site, go to your WP navigation menu and click on Settings > Reading …
Configure your options in the Reading Settings section as per the screenshot below:
Changing The Number Of Posts On Your Front Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the front page displays your most recent posts, then set your options 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 display – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished…
Modifying The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Blog Page
If you are using your WP site as a website, where the main page displays a fixed page and your most recent post entries 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 blog post items that you want to display – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished …
Now, when visitors land on your site, they will see your blog 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 change the number of blog post entries you would like to show on your WP site’s blog page.
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