As we’ve discussed in other posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and shows your newest published posts on the front page, unless you set a fixed page as a home page.
In a previous article, we also discussed how to create a blog page to display your latest blog posts.
Whether you choose to have recently published content appear on your front page or your blog page, WordPress lets you set a specific number of posts to appear on these pages (i.e. ’2’, ’5’, ’12’ etc.)
Your website will then display recently published blog post entries on your blog page up to the maximum number of posts you have set, even if your WordPress web site contains more posts than the number of posts set to display …
Having the ability to set how many blog post items will display on your web site can be very useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest single post item that you have published. This can be handy for example, if 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 upcoming events, set up a quarterly social page for announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this feature to fill an ugly space on your blog if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason may be, WordPress gives you the flexibility to specify the number of posts that will show on main blog page.
In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to easily specify the number of blog posts to show up on your site’s blog page.
Specifying The Number Of Post Entries Displayed On Your Blog
WordPress allows you to choose how many posts you want displayed on your blog page.
The number of entries you want displayed is completely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this number …
Note: We recommend that you choose a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the entries load on your site. You can always increase or decrease the number of posts displayed.
To set the number of published posts you want to show on your site’s blog page web site, go to the WordPress navigation menu and click on Settings > Reading …
Configure your options in the Reading Settings page as shown below:
Specifying The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Home Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the front page shows your latest blog posts, 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 blog posts you want to show – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when finished…
Specifying The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Blog Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a website, where the home page shows a fixed page and your newest blog posts show up 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 items that you want displayed – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when done …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see blog post entries displayed 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 change the amount of blog post entries you would like to have showing on the blog page.
Related Posts
If you are new to WordPress, you may also find the following topic-related posts useful:
- How To Set Any Page In WordPress As The Static Home Page
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Blog Posts
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