As we’ve discussed in other posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your latest blog posts on the main page, unless you specify a page as a static main page.
In a previous post, we also cover how to create a WordPress blog page to show your most recent published content.
Whether you choose to make your blog posts on your main page or your blog page, you can set a specific number of posts to show on these pages (i.e. ’2’, ‘3’, ‘9’ etc.)
Your website will then display your most recently published articles on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog posts you have specified, even if your website contains more blog posts than the number of items set to display …
Being able to set how many post items will display on your WordPress site can be very useful.
For example, you can display only the latest blog post you have published. This can be useful, if, for example, you are promoting a different limited-time offer each week, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post upcoming events, set up a monthly social page for announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this feature to fill an ugly space on your blog if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason, With WordPress you have the flexibility to specify the number of posts that you want to show on main blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how to easily set how many blog posts you want to display on your WordPress blog.
Setting The Number Of Blog Post Entries To Display On Your WordPress Blog Page
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress allows you to choose how many published blog post entries you want displayed on your website’s blog page.
The number of blog posts you want to display is completely up to you. there is no limit to this number …
Note: Select a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the content loads on your site. You can always increase or decrease the amount of posts displayed.
To set how many published blog posts you want to have displaying on the blog page site, select Settings > Reading from your WordPress dashboard menu …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings page as shown below:
Editing The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Home Page
If you are using your WP site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the front page displays your most recent posts, 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 blog posts you want displayed – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished…
Modifying The Number Of Posts On The Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the home page shows a fixed page and your most recent published blog items 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 items you want to display – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished …
Now, when visitors come to your website, they will see your most recently published articles displayed 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 published blog posts you want listed on your WP website’s blog page.
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