As we’ve discussed in other posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your newest posts on the main page, unless you set a specific page as your main page.
In a previous article, we also cover how to create a blog page to display your most recent published posts.
Whether you choose to make display your most recent published articles on your home page or your blog page, With WordPress you can specify the number of posts to show on these pages (e.g. ‘1’, ’7’, ’10’ etc.)
Your website will then display posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have set, even if your WordPress website contains more blog posts than the number of posts set to display …
Having the ability to specify the number of blog 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 latest single post item you have published. This is useful, if, for example, you want to 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 weekly office page for announcements, etc.
You can also use this feature to fill an ugly space on your blog page if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason, WordPress gives you the flexibility to set the number of posts that will show on your blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how to set the number of blog posts will show up on your site’s blog page.
How To Specify The Number Of Post Entries Displayed On Your Blog
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress allows you to choose how many posts you would like to have displaying on the blog page of your web site.
The number of blog posts you want to display is entirely up to you. there is no limit to this amount …
Note: Pick a sensible setting that won’t slow down 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 set how many published blog post entries you want displayed on the blog page of your web site, go to the WP navigation menu and click on Settings > Reading …
Configure your options in the Reading Settings screen as per the screenshot below:
Specifying The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Front Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the front 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 post entries you want showing – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done…
Editing The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the home page is a fixed page and your most recent published blog posts 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 items you want to show – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when finished …
Now, when visitors land on your site, they will see your most recently published articles 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 number of blog posts you want to display on the blog page of your web site.
Related Posts
If you are a new WordPress user, you may also find the following topic-related posts useful:
- How To Create A Static WordPress Homepage
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Blog Post Entries
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