As we’ve discussed in other posts, by default, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and shows your most recent post entries on the front page, unless you fix a page as a home page.
In a separate tutorial, we have also covered how to create a WordPress blog page to display your most recent blog posts.
Whether you choose to make blog posts on your main page or your blog page, With WordPress you can specify the number of published blog post entries to appear on these pages (e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘9’ etc.)
Your WordPress site will then display blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of posts you have set, even if your WP website or blog contains more blog posts than the number you have set to display …
Having the ability to specify how many post items can display on your blog page is useful.
For example, you can display only the most recent blog post you have published. This can be useful for example, if 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 quarterly 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 may be, With WordPress you have the flexibility to specify the number of blog posts that you want to show on main blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how to easily set the number of blog posts you want to show on your WordPress blog.
How To Change The Number Of Blog Posts Displayed On Your WordPress Blog Page
WordPress allows you to specify how many published blog post entries you would like listed on the blog page.
How many blog posts you want displayed is completely up to you. there is no limit to this number …
Note: We suggest that you choose 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 items displayed on your blog page.
To specify how many blog posts you want to have showing on your blog page site, choose Settings > Reading from the WordPress admin menu …
Configure your settings in the Reading Settings section as per the screenshot below:
How To Modify The Number Of Posts Showing On The Front Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the home page shows your most recent post entries, 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 entries that you want displayed – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when done…
Changing The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the front page is a fixed page and your newest post entries 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 post items that you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when done …
Now, when visitors come to your site, they will see your newest blog posts 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 set the amount of blog post entries you would like to show on your website’s blog page.
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