As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your newest blog posts on the home page, unless you fix a page as your home page.
In a previously published post, we have also shown you how to create a blog page to show your latest blog post entries.
Regardless of your choice to have your blog posts on your main page or your blog page, WordPress lets you specify the number of published posts to show up on these pages (e.g. ‘1’, ’4’, ’15’ etc.)
Your site will then display your most recently published content on your blog page up to the maximum number of items you have set, even if your WP website or blog contains more posts than the number of posts you have set to display …
The ability to specify the number of blog posts will display on your WordPress site can be very useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest single blog post item that you have published. This can be useful for example, if you promote a different limited-time offer each week, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post an upcoming event, set up a quarterly community page for updates and announcements, etc.
You can also use this great feature to fill an empty space on your blog if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason may be, WordPress gives you the flexibility to specify the number of posts that you want to show on main blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how easy it is to set how many posts will show on your WordPress blog.
Setting The Number Of Post Entries To Display On Your WordPress Blog Page
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress lets you choose how many posts you would like to display on your site’s blog page.
How many posts you would like to display is entirely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this amount …
Note: Select a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the entries load on your site. You can always raise or lower the amount of posts displayed.
To specify the number of blog post entries you would like listed on the blog page of your WordPress site, choose Settings > Reading from the WP dashboard menu …
Configure your settings in the Reading Settings panel as shown in the screenshot below:
Specifying The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Home Page
If you are using your WP site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the main page displays your latest posts, 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 blog posts that you want displayed – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when done to update your settings…
How To Specify The Number Of Posts On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the main page is a fixed page and your most recent posts 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 blog posts you want to show – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done …
Now, when visitors come to your website, they will see your newest 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 amount of published posts you would like to show on the blog page of your site.
Related Posts
If you are learning how to use WordPress, you may also find the following related posts useful:
- How To Make A WordPress Page Your Static Front Page
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Blog Post Entries
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