As we’ve discussed in other posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and shows your latest posts on the main page, unless you fix a page as a static main page.
In a previously published article, we have also explained how to create a blog page to show your most recent published posts.
Whether you choose to make blog posts on your main page or your blog page, WordPress lets you specify the number of posts to appear on these pages (e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’15’ etc.)
Your WordPress website will then display your most recently published articles on your blog page up to the maximum number of items you have set, even if your web site contains more posts than the number of posts set to display …
Having the ability to set how many post items will display on your WordPress site has a number of practical uses.
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 send your readers to a different expiring offer each week, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post an upcoming event, set up a monthly office page for announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this great feature to fill an ugly space on your blog if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason may be, With WordPress you have the flexibility to change the number of blog posts that you want to show on main blog page.
In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to set how many blog posts you want to show on your blog page.
How To Specify The Number Of Blog Post Entries To Display On Your Blog Page
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress lets you choose how many published posts you want displayed on the blog page of your site.
How many posts you would like to display 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 entries load on your site. You can always increase or decrease the number of posts displayed.
To set how many published posts you want listed on your site’s blog page website, choose Settings > Reading from your WordPress admin menu …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings screen as per the screenshot below:
How To Change The Number Of Posts Showing On The Home Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the main page shows your most recent 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 posts that you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done…
Modifying The Number Of Posts On The Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the main page displays a fixed page and your most recent posts display on a separate blog page, then edit your settings 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 blog posts 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 posts displayed either on your front 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 display on your WP website’s blog page.
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