As we’ve discussed in other posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and shows your newest blog posts on the front page, unless you set a specific page as the home page.
In a previously published tutorial, we also cover how to create a WordPress blog page to show your most recent blog post entries.
Whether you choose to make blog post entries on your front page or your blog page, you can specify the number of blog post entries to appear on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ’6’, ’10’ etc.)
Your WP site will then display your most recently published posts 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 of items set to display …
Being able to specify the number of post items can display on your blog page can be useful.
For example, you can display only the latest single post item that you have published. This can be handy, if, for example, you promote a weekly special, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post upcoming events, 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 change the number of blog posts that will display on main blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how easy it is to change how many blog posts to show on your site’s blog page.
Changing The Number Of Blog Posts Displayed On Your Blog Page
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress allows you to choose how many blog posts you would like to show on the blog page of your site.
How many entries you would like displayed is entirely up to you. there is no limit to this number …
Note: We suggest that you choose a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the entries load on your site. You can always raise or lower the number of items displayed.
To specify how many blog posts you want to display on the blog page of your site, choose Settings > Reading from the WP admin menu …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings section as shown in the screenshot below:
Modifying The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Main Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the home page shows your latest blog posts, 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 post items that you want to display – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when done to update your settings…
How To Edit The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the main page shows 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 blog post entries you want to display – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done …
Now, when visitors land on your site, they will see posts showing either on your main 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 set the number of blog posts you would like to show on the blog page.
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