As we’ve discussed in other posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and shows your newest posts on the front page, unless you set a fixed page as a static front page.
In a separate tutorial, we’ve also addressed how to create a blog page to show your most recent published articles.
Whether you choose to make your most recent published articles on your front page or your blog page, WordPress lets you specify the number of blog posts to show up on these pages (i.e. ’2’, ’7’, ’10’ etc.)
Your site will then display posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog posts you have set, even if your website or blog contains more blog posts than the number of items set to display …
Having the ability to specify how many blog post items will display on your WordPress site is useful.
For example, you can display only the latest post you have published. This is handy for example, if you are promoting a weekly special, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post an upcoming event, set up a monthly team page for updates and announcements, etc.
You can also use this great feature to fill an ugly space on your blog page if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason, WordPress gives you the flexibility to set the number of blog posts to display on main blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how to easily change how many posts you want to display on your WordPress blog.
How To Set The Number Of Blog Post Entries Displayed On Your Blog Page
WordPress allows you to specify how many posts you want to have showing on your website’s blog page.
The number of blog posts you would like displayed is entirely up to you. there is no limit to this number …
Note: Choose a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the content loads on your site. You can always raise or lower the amount of posts displayed.
To set the number of blog post entries you would like to have displaying on the blog page of your site, go to your WP dashboard menu and choose Settings > Reading …
Configure the options in the Reading Settings section as shown below:
How To Change The Number Of Posts On Your Home Page
If you are using your WP site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the front page shows your most recent 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 posts that you want displayed – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when done to update your settings…
To Specify The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the home page shows a fixed page and your most recent blog posts display on a separate blog page, then set your options 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 blog post entries that you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when finished to update your settings …
Now, when visitors come to your website, they will see blog posts showing 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 number of published blog post entries you want to display on the blog page of your website.
Related Posts
If you are learning how to use WordPress, you may also find the following posts useful:
- How To Create A WordPress Home Page
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Blog Post Entries In WordPress
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