As we’ve discussed in other posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and shows your latest post entries on the main page, unless you set a specific page as a main page.
In a previous article, we also explain how to create a WordPress blog page to show your latest post.
Whether you choose to have blog post entries on your home page or your blog page, With WordPress you can specify the number of blog post entries to display on these pages (i.e. ’2’, ’7’, ’12’ etc.)
Your site will then display blog post entries on your blog page up to the maximum number of posts you have specified, even if your web site contains more posts than the number you have set to display …
The ability to specify how many post items will display on your web site has a number of practical uses.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the most recent post you have published. This can be handy, 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 an upcoming event, set up a weekly corporate page for announcements, etc.
Or, you can 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 change the number of blog posts that you want to display on your blog page.
In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to specify the number of blog posts you want to show on your blog page.
Changing The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your WordPress Blog Page
WordPress lets you specify how many blog posts you want to have showing on your site’s blog page.
How many blog posts you want displayed is completely up to you. there is no limit to this amount …
Note: Pick a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the content loads on your site. You can always raise or lower the number of posts displayed.
To specify the number of blog posts you would like displayed on your website’s blog page website, go to your WordPress admin menu and click on Settings > Reading …
Configure your options in the Reading Settings section as per the screenshot below:
Modifying The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Home Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the home page displays your most recent published blog post items, then set your options 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 posts you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when finished…
To Change The Number Of Posts Showing On The Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the front page shows a fixed page and your most recent post entries show up on a separate blog page, then edit your settings 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 entries you want to show – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see your blog posts showing either on your home 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 blog post entries you would like to display on the blog page.
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