As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and shows your latest posts on the front page, unless you specify a page as a home page.
In a previous tutorial, we’ve also addressed how to create a blog page to show your latest blog posts.
Regardless of your choice to have your blog posts on your main page or your blog page, With WordPress you can set a specific number of blog posts to appear on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ’4’, ’12’ etc.)
Your WP website will then display blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of posts you have specified, even if your website contains more blog posts than the number of items you have set to display …
The ability to specify the number of posts display on your site is useful.
For example, you can display only the latest blog post that you have published. This is handy for example, if 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 quarterly corporate page for updates and announcements, etc.
You can also use this feature to fill an empty space on your blog page if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason, With WordPress you have the flexibility to set the number of blog posts to show on main blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how to easily set how many blog posts will show up on your blog page.
Setting The Number Of Posts To Display On Your Blog Page
WordPress lets you specify how many blog post entries you would like displayed on your site’s blog page.
The number of entries you would like to display is entirely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this number …
Note: Choose a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the entries load on your site. You can always increase or decrease the number of posts displayed.
To set how many published blog post entries you want listed on the blog page of your site, select Settings > Reading from your WP admin menu …
Configure your options in the Reading Settings page as per the screenshot below:
How To Change The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Main Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the home page displays your most recent published 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 to show – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done…
How To Edit The Number Of Posts On The Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the main page is a fixed page and your newest post entries display on a separate blog page, then set your options 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 items you want showing – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see your blog posts displayed 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 published posts you would like displayed on the blog page of your WP website.
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