As we’ve discussed in other posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and shows your latest published posts on the home page, unless you fix a page as your home page.
In another post, we also explain how to create a blog page to show your most recent published posts.
Regardless of your choice to have blog posts on your home page or your blog page, With WordPress you can specify the number of published posts to show on these pages (e.g. ’2’, ’7’, ’10’ etc.)
Your WP site will then display your most recently published posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog posts you have specified, even if your website contains more posts than the number set to display …
Having the ability to set how many blog post items will display on your site has a number of uses.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the most recent blog post item 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 a local sports competition, post upcoming events, set up a weekly corporate page for updates and announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this great feature to fill an ugly space on your blog page if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason may be, WordPress gives you the flexibility to specify the number of posts that will show on your blog page.
In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to easily specify how many blog post entries you want to show up on your blog page.
Setting The Number Of Post Entries Displayed On Your Blog
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress lets you specify how many blog posts you would like listed on the blog page of your site.
The number of blog posts you want displayed is completely up to you. there is no limit to this amount …
Note: We recommend choosing a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the entries load on your site. You can always increase or decrease the amount of posts displayed on your blog page.
To set how many published posts you would like to show on your site’s blog page web site, click on Settings > Reading from your WordPress navigation menu …
Configure your options in the Reading Settings section as shown below:
Modifying The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Home Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the home page displays your latest post entries, 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 entries you want to show – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when done to update your settings…
To Modify The Number Of Posts On Your Blog Page
If you are using your WP site as a website, where the main page is a fixed page and your most recent 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 items you want to display – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished to update your settings …
Now, when visitors land on your site, 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 would like to have displaying on the blog page of your WordPress site.
Related Posts
If you are new to WordPress, you may also find the following related posts useful:
- How To Show A Specific WordPress Page As A Static Home Page
- How To Create A Blog Section In Your WordPress Site
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