As we’ve discussed in other posts, by default, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and displays your latest posts on the front page, unless you fix a page as the front page.
In another article, we’ve also addressed how to create a blog page to show your most recent post.
Regardless of your choice to make your blog posts on your main page or your blog page, you can set a specific number of blog post entries to show on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’12’ etc.)
Your WordPress site will then display your blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog posts you have specified, even if your WP web site contains more blog posts than the number of items set to display …
Being able to specify the number of entries will display on your site has a number of practical applications.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest post item that you have published. This can be handy, if, for example, you want to promote a different limited-time offer each month, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post an upcoming event, set up a monthly office page for updates and announcements, etc.
You can also use this great feature to fill an ugly space on your blog page if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason may be, With WordPress you have the flexibility to change the number of posts that will display on your blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how to easily set the number of posts to show on your WordPress blog.
How To Change The Number Of Post Entries Displayed On Your Blog
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress lets you specify how many published posts you would like to have displaying on the blog page of your site.
The number of entries you would like to display is completely up to you. there is no limit to this number …
Note: We recommend choosing a sensible setting that won’t slow down 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 specify how many published posts you want to have showing on your site’s blog page site, go to the WP navigation menu and click on Settings > Reading …
Configure your options in the Reading Settings panel as per the screenshot below:
Editing The Number Of Posts Showing On The Home Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the main page shows your newest 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 to show – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished…
Specifying 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 newest post entries display on a separate blog page, then set your options as shown 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 showing – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see blog posts displayed either on your home 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 amount of blog posts you would like to have displaying on the blog page of your site.
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