As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and shows your most recent post entries on the front page, unless you set a fixed page as your front page.
In a separate article, we have also addressed how to create a WordPress blog page to show your latest published content.
Regardless of your choice to make display blog posts on your front page or your blog page, With WordPress you can set a specific number of posts to appear on these pages (e.g. ‘1’, ’4’, ’15’ etc.)
Your website will then display blog post entries on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog posts you have set, even if your website or blog contains more posts than the number you have set to display …
Having the ability to specify how many post items will display on your web site has a number of uses.
For example, you can display only the latest post item that you have published. This is useful for example, if you promote a weekly special, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post upcoming events, set up a quarterly team page for announcements, etc.
You can also use this great feature to fill an empty 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 posts that you want to show on main blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how easy it is to set how many blog post entries will display on your blog page.
How To Change The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Blog Page
WordPress allows you to specify how many published posts you would like to show on the blog page of your web site.
How many blog posts you would like to display is completely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this number …
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 number of posts displayed on your blog page.
To specify how many published blog post entries you would like displayed on the blog page of your WordPress web site, go to your WordPress admin menu and select Settings > Reading …
Configure your options in the Reading Settings screen as per the screenshot below:
How To Modify The Number Of Posts On The Home Page
If you are using your WP site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the home page shows your newest blog posts, then set your options 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 post entries you want displayed – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when done…
Modifying The Number Of Posts On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the front page is a fixed page and your most recent published blog post items 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 entries that you want displayed – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see blog posts 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 change the number of posts you want to have showing on the blog page of your web site.
Related Posts
If you are a WordPress newbie, you may also find the following related posts useful:
- How To Show Any Page As The Home Page Of Your WP Site
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your WordPress Posts
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