As we’ve discussed in other posts, by default, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and shows your latest posts on the front page, unless you set a fixed page as your main page.
In a separate post, we’ve also explained how to create a WordPress blog page to display your latest published posts.
Regardless of your choice to make present your most recent published articles on your main page or your blog page, you can set a specific number of blog post entries to show up on these pages (e.g. ’2’, ’7’, ’10’ etc.)
Your WordPress website will then display blog post entries on your blog page up to the maximum number of posts you have specified, even if your WP website or blog contains more posts than the number you have set to display …
Having the ability to specify how many blog post items can display on your WordPress site is useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest single blog post that you have published. This is handy, if, for example, you promote a weekly special, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post upcoming events, set up a monthly corporate page for announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this feature to fill an empty 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 to display on your blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how to change the number of blog posts will show up on your WordPress blog.
How To Specify The Number Of Post Entries To Display On Your WordPress Blog
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress lets you specify how many published blog posts you would like to display on the blog page of your site.
The number of entries you would like displayed is entirely 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 on your blog page.
To set the number of posts you would like listed on the blog page of your site, go to your WP navigation menu and click on Settings > Reading …
Configure the options in the Reading Settings screen as shown in the screenshot below:
How To Edit The Number Of Posts On Your Front Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the front page displays your latest blog posts, 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 blog posts that you want showing – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished…
Specifying The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Blog Page
If you are using your WP site as a website, where the main page shows a fixed page and your most recent blog posts 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 post entries you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes 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, 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 change the number of blog post entries you want to show on the blog page of your WordPress website.
Related Posts
If you are learning how to use WordPress, 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 Blog Posts
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