As we’ve discussed in previous posts, by default, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and shows your newest published entries on the home page, unless you set a specific page as a static front page.
In a previous tutorial, we also discuss how to create a WordPress blog page to show your latest post.
Whether you choose to make recently published post entries display on your home page or your blog page, With WordPress you can specify the number of posts to show up on these pages (i.e. ’2’, ‘3’, ’12’ etc.)
Your WP site will then display posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of items you have set, even if your website or blog contains more posts than the number of posts set to display …
Being able to set the number of entries display on your web site can be useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest post you have published. This is handy, if, for example, you want to promote a different limited-time offer each month, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post upcoming events, set up a weekly community page for updates and announcements, etc.
You can also use this great feature to fill an ugly space on your blog page if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason may be, WordPress gives you the flexibility to change the number of blog posts that you want to display on main blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how to easily specify how many blog post entries you want to show on your blog page.
Changing The Number Of Blog Posts Displayed On Your Blog
WordPress lets you choose how many published blog posts you want to have displaying on the blog page of your website.
The number of posts you would like to display is entirely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this number …
Note: Select a sensible setting that won’t overload 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 set the number of published blog post entries you would like displayed on the blog page web site, go to the WordPress navigation menu and select Settings > Reading …
Configure your settings in the Reading Settings panel as per the screenshot below:
How To Edit 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 edit your settings 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 posts you want to display – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when done…
To Change The Number Of Posts Showing On The Blog Page
If you are using your WP site as a website, where the front page is a fixed page and your most recent post entries display 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 entries that you want displayed – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done …
Now, when visitors land on your site, they will see your most recently published articles 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 display on the blog page of your site.
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