As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and shows your most recent post entries on the home page, unless you set a fixed page as a static home page.
In another article, we also address how to create a WordPress blog page to show your latest post.
Regardless of your choice to make posts on your main page or your blog page, WordPress lets you specify the number of posts to show up on these pages (i.e. ’2’, ’7’, ‘9’ etc.)
Your website will then display your most recently published post entries on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have specified, even if your site contains more posts than the number you have set to display …
Being able to specify the number of post items can display on your web site can be useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the most recent post item you have published. This is useful, if, for example, you 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 upcoming events, set up a weekly team page for updates and announcements, etc.
Or, you can 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, WordPress gives you the flexibility to set the number of posts that will show on your blog page.
In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to set how many posts will show on your blog.
Setting The Number Of Blog Posts To Display On Your Blog
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress allows you to choose how many published posts you want to have displaying on the blog page.
The number of blog posts you want displayed is completely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this amount …
Note: We suggest that you choose 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 items displayed.
To specify the number of published posts you want displayed on your blog page website, go to your WP navigation menu and click on Settings > Reading …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings panel as shown in the screenshot below:
How To Change The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Main Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the main page shows your newest blog 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 blog post entries that you want to show – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done to update your settings…
Modifying The Number Of Posts On The Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the main page is a fixed page and your newest 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 post entries that you want displayed – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished to update your settings …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see 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 set the number of blog posts you want listed on the blog page.
Related Posts
If you are learning how to use WordPress, you may also find the following posts useful:
- How To Set Any Page In WordPress As A Static Home Page
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Blog Posts
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