As we’ve discussed in other posts, by default, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and shows your most recent posts on the front page, unless you specify a page as a static main page.
In another tutorial, we’ve also covered how to create a blog page to display your latest post.
Whether you choose to make your most recently published posts show up on your main page or your blog page, WordPress lets you specify the number of published blog posts to appear on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ’4’, ‘9’ etc.)
Your website will then display blog post entries on your blog page up to the maximum number of items you have set, even if your WP website contains more posts than the number of items set to display …
Having the ability to set the number of entries will display on your site has a number of practical applications.
For example, you can display only the latest single post that you have published. This is handy, if, for example, you want to promote a different expiring offer each week, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post upcoming events, set up a monthly corporate page for announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this feature to fill an empty space on your blog page if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason, WordPress gives you the flexibility to specify the number of blog posts that will show on your blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how to easily set the number of blog post entries will show up on your site’s blog page.
Specifying The Number Of Post Entries Displayed On Your Blog Page
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress allows you to specify how many published blog posts you would like to have showing on your website’s blog page.
How many entries you would like to display is completely up to you. there is no limit to this amount …
Note: We suggest selecting 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 on your blog page.
To specify the number of published blog posts you want listed on the blog page of your website, select Settings > Reading from the WordPress navigation menu …
Configure your options in the Reading Settings page as shown below:
Specifying The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Front Page
If you are using your WP site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the home page displays your latest 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 post items you want displayed – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done to update your settings…
Modifying The Number Of Posts Showing On The Blog Page
If you are using your WP site as a website, where the home page displays a fixed page and your newest post entries show up 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 entries that you want to show – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done to update your settings …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see your most recent published articles 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 set the number of blog post entries you would like displayed on the blog page.
Related Posts
If you are learning how to use WordPress, you may also find the following topic-related posts useful:
- How To Display Any WordPress Page As The Website’s Home Page
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Posts
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