As we’ve discussed in previous posts, by default, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and shows your newest published entries on the main page, unless you set a specific page as a static front page.
In a previously published tutorial, we’ve also covered how to create a WordPress blog page to display your latest post.
Regardless of your choice to have blog post entries on your front page or your blog page, With WordPress you can set a specific number of items to show up on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ’4’, ’15’ etc.)
Your site will then display blog post entries on your blog page up to the maximum number of posts you have specified, even if your WP site contains more posts than the number of posts you have set to display …
Having the ability to set how many entries can display on your site is useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest blog post that you have published. This can be handy for example, if you want to send your readers to 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 monthly office page for updates and announcements, etc.
Or, you can 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 will display on your blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how to change the number of posts you want to display on your blog page.
How To Set The Number Of Blog Posts Displayed On Your WordPress Blog
WordPress lets you specify how many blog post entries you want to have displaying on the blog page.
How many posts you want displayed is entirely up to you. there is no limit to this number …
Note: Choose a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the content loads on your site. You can always increase or decrease the number of posts displayed on your blog page.
To specify the number of blog posts you want to display on your website’s blog page web site, go to the WP navigation menu and choose Settings > Reading …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings section as shown in the screenshot below:
How To Change The Number Of Posts Showing On The Home Page
If you are using your WP site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the home page displays your latest published blog post entries, 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 blog post entries that you want showing – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when finished…
Editing The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the home page displays a fixed page and your most recent posts show up 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 that you want to display – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when done …
Now, when visitors come to your site, they will see posts displayed 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 amount of published posts you want to have showing on the blog page of your WP web site.
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