As we’ve discussed in other posts, by default, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your most recent post entries on the front page, unless you specify a page as a front page.
In another article, we also discussed how to create a blog page to display your latest blog post entries.
Regardless of your choice to have your most recent published articles on your front page or your blog page, WordPress lets you specify the number of blog posts to show on these pages (e.g. ‘1’, ’6’, ’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 WordPress site contains more blog posts than the number set to display …
The ability to specify how many blog post items will display on your site has a number of practical applications.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest blog post that you have published. This is useful for example, if you want to promote a different expiring offer each month, 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 corporate 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 runs too long …
Whatever the reason, WordPress gives you the flexibility to set the number of blog posts that you want to display on main blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how to specify the number of blog posts will show up on your WordPress blog.
How To Specify The Number Of Post Entries To Display On Your WordPress Blog Page
WordPress lets you choose how many posts you would like listed on the blog page of your web site.
The number of posts you want displayed is completely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this number …
Note: We recommend selecting 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 set how many published posts you would like to display on your blog page site, go to your WP navigation menu and click on Settings > Reading …
Configure your settings in the Reading Settings section as shown in the screenshot below:
Editing The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Home Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the front page displays your most recent posts, then set your options 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 items that you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done to update your settings…
How To Edit 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 newest blog posts show up 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 post entries you want showing – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished …
Now, when visitors come to your site, they will see blog post entries displayed either on your main 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.
Related Posts
If you are a WordPress newbie, you may also find the following topic-related posts useful:
- How To Set A Page In WordPress As A Static Home Page
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Blog Posts In WordPress
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