As we’ve discussed in other posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your most recent post entries on the front page, unless you specify a page as the front page.
In a previous post, we also discuss how to create a blog page to display your latest blog posts.
Regardless of your choice to have your blog posts on your home page or your blog page, WordPress lets you set a specific number of posts to show on these pages (e.g. ’2’, ’6’, ’10’ etc.)
Your WP site will then display your latest blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have specified, even if your WordPress site contains more posts than the number of posts you have set to display …
The ability to set how many posts will display on your blog page can be useful.
For example, you can display only the latest blog post you have published. This can be handy, if, for example, you are promoting a weekly special, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post upcoming events, set up a monthly team 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, WordPress gives you the flexibility to specify the number of blog posts to show on main blog page.
In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to change how many blog posts will show up on your blog page.
How To Specify The Number Of Post Entries Displayed On Your Blog
WordPress lets you choose how many published posts you would like listed on your website’s blog page.
How many entries you want to display is completely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this amount …
Note: We recommend 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 amount of items displayed.
To specify the number of published blog post entries you want to have displaying on the blog page of your WP web site, choose Settings > Reading from your WordPress dashboard menu …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings section as per the screenshot below:
How To Edit The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Front Page
If you are using your WP site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the front page displays your most recent published blog entries, 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 items you want displayed – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when done…
Editing The Number Of Posts On The Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the front page shows a fixed page and your latest published post items display on a separate blog page, then edit your settings as described 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 posts that you want to display – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when finished to update your settings …
Now, when visitors come to your site, they will see your most recently published articles 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 change the amount of published blog post entries you would like displayed on the blog page of your web site.
Related Posts
If you are learning how to use WordPress, you may also find the following related posts useful:
- How To Make A Page Of Your Choice Be The Home Page Of Your WP Site
- How To Create A Blog Section In WordPress
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