As we’ve discussed in previous posts, by default, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and displays your newest published posts on the front page, unless you set a specific page as your home page.
In a previously published post, we also discussed how to create a WordPress blog page to display your latest published content.
Regardless of your choice to have your most recent published articles on your front page or your blog page, With WordPress you can specify the number of blog post entries to show on these pages (e.g. ’2’, ’5’, ’15’ etc.)
Your website will then display your newest blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have specified, even if your website or blog contains more posts than the number you have set to display …
Having the ability to set how many blog post items will display on your web site can be useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest blog post item that you have published. This can be useful for example, if you want to send your readers to a different limited-time offer each week, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post an upcoming event, set up a weekly team page for updates and announcements, etc.
You can also use this great feature to fill an ugly space on your blog if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason, With WordPress you have the flexibility to specify the number of posts to show on your blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how easy it is to set how many blog post entries will show up on your blog.
Setting The Number Of Post Entries Displayed On Your Blog
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress allows you to specify how many blog posts you want to have displaying on the blog page of your website.
How many blog posts you would like displayed is entirely up to you. there is no limit to this amount …
Note: Pick a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the entries load on your site. You can always raise or lower the amount of posts displayed on your blog page.
To set how many published posts you want listed on the blog page of your site, go to your WP admin menu and choose Settings > Reading …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings section as shown below:
How To Modify The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Front Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the main page shows your most recent published blog post entries, then set your options 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 blog post entries that you want displayed – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done…
Changing The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Blog Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a website, where the main page is a fixed page and your most recent post entries show up 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 – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done …
Now, when visitors land on your site, they will see blog posts displayed either on your front 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 posts you want to show on your site’s blog page.
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