As we’ve discussed in other posts, by default, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and shows your newest posts on the home page, unless you fix a page as the main page.
In another post, we also cover how to create a WordPress blog page to show your most recent post.
Regardless of your choice to make blog posts on your home page or your blog page, With WordPress you can set a specific number of published blog post entries to show on these pages (e.g. ’2’, ’5’, ’15’ etc.)
Your WP website will then display posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of items you have set, even if your WordPress web site contains more blog posts than the number of posts you have set to display …
Having the ability to set the number of post items can display on your web site can be very useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest blog post item you have published. This can be handy for example, if you want to promote a different time-sensitive 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 quarterly social page for updates and announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this great feature to fill an empty space on your blog page if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason may be, With WordPress you have the flexibility to set the number of blog posts to display on your blog page.
In this tutorial, you are going to learn how easy it is to change how many posts you want to show up on your blog.
How To Change The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your WordPress Blog
WordPress lets you specify how many published blog post entries you want to show on the blog page of your site.
The number of posts you would like displayed is entirely up to you. there is no limit to this number …
Note: Choose a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the entries load on your site. You can always increase or decrease the number of posts displayed.
To specify the number of published blog posts you want to show on your website’s blog page web site, go to the WP navigation menu and choose Settings > Reading …
Configure your options in the Reading Settings panel as shown below:
How To Change The Number Of Posts On Your Home Page
If you are using your WP site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the main page displays your most recent 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 post entries that you want displayed – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when done…
Editing The Number Of Posts Showing On The Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the front page displays a fixed page and your latest published blog posts display on a separate blog page, then set your options as shown 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 that you want to show – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when finished …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see recently published posts showing either on your main 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 set the number of posts you would like to have displaying on the blog page.
Related Posts
If you are a WordPress newbie, you may also find the following related posts useful:
- How To Set Any WordPress Page You Select As The Home Page
- How To Create A Blog In Your WordPress Site
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