As we’ve discussed in other posts, by default, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and displays your latest published content on the home page, unless you fix a page as a static main page.
In a previously published tutorial, we also show you how to create a WordPress blog page to display your latest published articles.
Whether you choose to have blog post entries on your front page or your blog page, WordPress lets you specify the number of published posts to display on these pages (e.g. ’2’, ’4’, ’10’ etc.)
Your site will then display posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog posts you have set, even if your website contains more blog posts than the number of items you have set to display …
Having the ability to set the number of posts will display on your web site can be very useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest single post item you have published. This is useful for example, if you promote a weekly special, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post an upcoming event, set up a quarterly community page for updates and announcements, etc.
You can also use this great feature to fill an ugly space on your blog page if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason, With WordPress you have the flexibility to specify the number of blog posts that will display on your blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how to set the number of posts to show up on your blog.
How To Set The Number Of Post Entries To Display On Your WordPress Blog Page
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress allows you to specify how many blog posts you want to show on the blog page of your web site.
How many entries you would like displayed is entirely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this number …
Note: Select 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 posts displayed.
To set how many published blog post entries you want to have showing on your website’s blog page web site, select Settings > Reading from your WP admin menu …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings section as per 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 installation option), where the main page displays your newest posts, then edit your settings 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 post items that you want to show – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done…
How To Specify The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Blog Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a website, where the front page displays a fixed page and your newest post entries 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 entries that you want to display – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done to update your settings …
Now, when visitors come to your website, they will see blog post entries 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 published blog posts you would like to have showing on the blog page of your website.
Related Posts
If you are a WordPress newbie, you may also find the following posts useful:
- How To Set A WordPress Page Of Your Choice As Your Home Page
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Posts In WordPress
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