As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and shows your newest post entries on the home page, unless you set a fixed page as a front page.
In another tutorial, we’ve also explained how to create a WordPress blog page to display your latest post.
Whether you choose to make recently published content show up on your home page or your blog page, you can set a specific number of blog post entries to display on these pages (e.g. ’2’, ’6’, ‘9’ etc.)
Your site will then display blog post entries on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have set, even if your website contains more posts than the number you have set to display …
The ability to set the number of post items will display on your web site is useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest blog post item you have published. This is handy for example, if you want to promote a different limited-time offer each month, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post an upcoming event, set up a weekly office page for updates and announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this feature to fill an ugly space on your blog page if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason may be, With WordPress you have the flexibility to set the number of posts that will show on main blog page.
In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to easily change how many posts to display on your blog page.
How To Set The Number Of Posts To Display On Your Blog
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress lets you choose how many posts you would like to display on your site’s blog page.
The number of entries you would like to display is completely up to you. there is no limit to this number …
Note: Pick a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the content loads on your site. You can always raise or lower the amount of posts displayed.
To set how many blog posts you want displayed on the blog page of your website, select Settings > Reading from your WordPress navigation menu …
Configure your options in the Reading Settings section as shown in the screenshot below:
Specifying The Number Of Posts Showing On The Main Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the front page shows your newest published blog post entries, then edit your settings 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 post items you want displayed – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished…
Specifying The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Blog Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a website, where the main page shows a fixed page and your most recent 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 display – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done …
Now, when visitors come to your website, they will see blog post entries showing either on your home 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 number of blog posts you want listed on the blog page of your site.
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