As we’ve discussed in previous posts, by default, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and displays your latest posts on the main page, unless you set a fixed page as a static home page.
In a separate tutorial, we have also covered how to create a blog page to display your most recent post.
Whether you choose to make blog post entries on your main page or your blog page, you can set a specific number of published blog post entries to show on these pages (i.e. ’2’, ‘3’, ’15’ etc.)
Your website will then display blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of items you have set, even if your WordPress web site contains more blog posts than the number you have set to display …
Being able to specify the number of entries can display on your blog page can be very useful.
For example, you can display only the latest single post you have published. This is handy for example, if you are promoting a different expiring offer each month, 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 community page for updates and announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this great feature to fill an empty space on your blog if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason may be, WordPress gives you the flexibility to change the number of blog posts that will display on your blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how easy it is to change how many posts to display on your site’s blog page.
Specifying The Number Of Blog Posts To Display On Your Blog Page
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress allows you to specify how many posts you would like to have displaying on the blog page of your web site.
The number of entries you would like displayed 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 on your blog page.
To specify the number of blog post entries you would like to display on the blog page web site, choose Settings > Reading from your WP admin menu …
Configure your options in the Reading Settings page as per the screenshot below:
How To Specify The Number Of Posts On Your Front Page
If you are using your WP site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the home page shows your newest blog 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 blog posts that you want showing – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done…
How To Change The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Blog Page
If you are using your WP site as a website, where the home page is a fixed page and your newest 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 post items you want to show – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when finished to update your settings …
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 want displayed on the blog page of your WP web site.
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