As we’ve discussed in previous posts, by default, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your newest posts on the front page, unless you set a fixed page as a main page.
In another tutorial, we’ve also addressed how to create a WordPress blog page to display your latest blog post entries.
Regardless of your choice to have posts on your front page or your blog page, you can specify the number of blog posts to show up on these pages (i.e. ’2’, ‘3’, ’12’ etc.)
Your site will then display posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of posts you have set, even if your web site contains more posts than the number of posts set to display …
Being able to specify how many blog posts will display on your WordPress site is useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the most recent blog post item you have published. This can be useful, if, for example, you want to promote a different limited-time offer each month, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post an upcoming event, set up a weekly office page for announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this great feature to fill an ugly space on your blog if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason may be, With WordPress you have the flexibility to set the number of blog posts that you want to show on your blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how easy it is to set how many posts to display on your WordPress blog.
How To Specify The Number Of Posts To Display On Your Blog Page
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress lets you specify how many blog post entries you would like to have displaying on the blog page.
The number of blog posts you want displayed is entirely up to you. there is no limit to this amount …
Note: Choose a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the content loads on your site. You can always increase or decrease the number of posts displayed on your blog page.
To set the number of posts you want to have displaying on the blog page of your website, go to the WordPress dashboard menu and choose Settings > Reading …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings screen as shown below:
Specifying The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Front Page
If you are using your WP site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the main page displays your newest blog posts, then set your options as described below:
- Front page displays: Set this to Your latest posts
- Blog pages show at most: X posts (where ‘X’ is the number of entries you want displayed – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done to update your settings…
Editing The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Blog Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a website, where the main page displays a fixed page and your latest 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 post items that you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when done to update your settings …
Now, when visitors land on your site, they will see your newest blog posts showing 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 post entries you want to show on the blog page of your WordPress web site.
Related Posts
If you are a WordPress newbie, you may also find the following topic-related posts useful:
- How To Create A Static Home Page In WordPress
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Posts In WordPress
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