As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and shows your newest blog posts on the main page, unless you specify a page as a static home page.
In a previous tutorial, we’ve also covered how to create a blog page to show your most recent post.
Regardless of your choice to make blog post entries on your home page or your blog page, WordPress lets you set a specific number of items to show on these pages (e.g. ’2’, ’5’, ’15’ etc.)
Your WordPress site will then display your newest blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have specified, even if your web site contains more blog posts than the number you have set to display …
Being able to specify the number of entries display on your site is useful.
For example, you can display only the latest blog post you have published. This is useful, if, for example, you promote a different expiring offer each month, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post an upcoming event, set up a weekly team page for announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this 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 specify the number of posts to show on your blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how to specify how many blog post entries to show up on your blog page.
How To Set The Number Of Blog Post Entries To Display On Your Blog Page
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress allows you to specify how many published blog posts you want displayed on the blog page.
The number of entries you want displayed is entirely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit 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 items displayed on your blog page.
To specify how many posts you would like listed on your blog page website, go to your WordPress navigation menu and click on Settings > Reading …
Configure your settings in the Reading Settings panel as shown below:
How To Change The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Home Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the main page displays your latest post entries, 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 post entries you want to show – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when finished…
Editing The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Blog Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a website, where the front page displays a fixed page and your most recent blog 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 displayed – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when done to update your settings …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see your most recently published articles 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 amount of published posts you want to show on your WordPress website’s blog page.
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