As we’ve discussed in other posts, by default, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and displays your most recent blog posts on the front page, unless you specify a page as your main page.
In a previously published article, we have also shown you how to create a blog page to show your most recent blog post entries.
Whether you choose to have display blog posts on your home page or your blog page, With WordPress you can specify the number of blog post entries to show up on these pages (e.g. ’2’, ’4’, ’10’ etc.)
Your WP website will then display your most recent published articles on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have specified, even if your website or blog contains more posts than the number you have set to display …
The ability to set how many entries display on your site has a number of practical uses.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest single entry that you have published. This can be useful for example, if you promote a weekly special, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post an upcoming event, set up a quarterly office page for announcements, etc.
You can also use this feature to fill an ugly space on your blog page if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason may be, WordPress gives you the flexibility to specify the number of blog posts that will display on your blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how to specify how many blog posts you want to display on your blog page.
How To Set The Number Of Post Entries Displayed On Your Blog
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress lets you choose how many blog posts you want to have displaying on the blog page of your website.
The number of blog posts you want to display is completely up to you. there is no limit to this number …
Note: Pick a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the content loads on your site. You can always raise or lower the number of items displayed on your blog page.
To specify the number of blog posts you would like listed on your site’s blog page website, select Settings > Reading from your WordPress dashboard menu …
Configure your settings in the Reading Settings panel as per the screenshot below:
Specifying The Number Of Posts On Your Home Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the home page shows your latest published blog post items, 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 post entries you want displayed – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when finished…
To Modify The Number Of Posts Showing On The Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the front page displays 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 posts you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when finished to update your settings …
Now, when visitors land on your site, they will see your most recently published articles showing either on your front 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 number of published blog post entries you would like to show on the blog page.
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