As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and shows your newest post entries on the main page, unless you set a specific page as a home page.
In another post, we also address how to create a WordPress blog page to display your latest post.
Regardless of your choice to make display blog post entries on your main page or your blog page, you can specify the number of items to display on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’12’ etc.)
Your website will then display your most recent published articles on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have set, even if your site contains more posts than the number of items set to display …
Being able to specify how many blog posts will display on your web site can be useful.
For example, you can display only the most recent blog post you have published. This can be handy for example, if you want to send your readers to a weekly special, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post an upcoming event, set up a weekly corporate 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 display on main blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how easy it is to specify the number of posts you want to show on your blog page.
Changing The Number Of Blog Posts Displayed On Your Blog Page
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress lets you choose how many blog post entries you want to show on the blog page of your website.
How many blog posts you want to display 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 entries load on your site. You can always increase or decrease the amount of posts displayed.
To set how many published blog posts you want listed on your website’s blog page site, go to the WP navigation menu and choose Settings > Reading …
Configure the options in the Reading Settings screen as per the screenshot below:
Changing The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Main Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the home page shows your most recent post entries, 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 blog post entries you want to show – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when finished to update your settings…
To Modify The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the home page displays a fixed page and your latest published content show up 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 entries you want to display – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done …
Now, when visitors come to your website, they will see posts showing either on your front 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 blog post entries you would like to show on the blog page of your WP site.
Related Posts
If you are new to WordPress, you may also find the following topic-related posts useful:
- How To Create A Static Homepage In WordPress
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Blog Post Entries In WordPress
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