As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and shows your most recent published entries on the front page, unless you specify a page as the home page.
In a previous tutorial, we also address how to create a blog page to display your most recent published content.
Regardless of your choice to make present recently published post entries on your home page or your blog page, WordPress lets you set a specific number of published blog post entries to show up on these pages (e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘9’ etc.)
Your WP website will then display blog post entries on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog posts you have set, even if your website contains more posts than the number you have set to display …
The ability to set the number of posts display on your web site can be very useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest single blog post you have published. This is useful for example, if 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 monthly 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, With WordPress you have the flexibility to change the number of blog posts that you want to display on main blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how easy it is to change how many blog posts to show on your blog.
How To Set The Number Of Blog Posts To Display On Your WordPress Blog
WordPress allows you to specify how many blog post entries you want to display on the blog page of your website.
The number of blog posts you want to display is entirely up to you. there is no limit to this amount …
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.
To specify the number of blog posts you would like listed on the blog page of your WordPress website, click on Settings > Reading from your WordPress navigation menu …
Configure your settings in the Reading Settings screen as shown in the screenshot below:
How To Edit The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Front Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the front page displays your latest published blog content, 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 items that you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done to update your settings…
How To Specify The Number Of Posts Showing On The Blog Page
If you are using your WP site as a website, where the home page is a fixed page and your most recent post entries 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 to display – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when done to update your settings …
Now, when visitors land on your site, 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 to have showing on the blog page of your site.
Related Posts
If you are a new WordPress user, you may also find the following posts useful:
- How To Display Any Page You Select As The Home Page Of Your WP Site
- How To Create A Blog Section In WordPress
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