As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and shows your most recent published entries on the main page, unless you specify a page as a static home page.
In a previously published post, we also show you how to create a WordPress blog page to show your most recent blog post entries.
Whether you choose to make your most recently published posts appear on your front page or your blog page, With WordPress you can specify the number of blog post entries to show up on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ’6’, ’15’ etc.)
Your website will then display posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of items you have set, even if your WP website contains more blog posts than the number of items you have set to display …
Being able to specify the number of post items display on your site is useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the most recent entry you have published. This is useful for example, if you are promoting 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 monthly corporate page for announcements, etc.
You can also use this feature to fill an empty space on your blog page if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason may be, With WordPress you have the flexibility to specify the number of blog posts that will show on main blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how to specify the number of posts you want to display on your blog.
Changing The Number Of Blog Post Entries To Display On Your Blog
WordPress lets you choose how many blog posts you want to have displaying on the blog page of your site.
The number of posts you want to display is entirely up to you. there is no limit to this number …
Note: Pick a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the entries load on your site. You can always raise or lower the number of items displayed on your blog page.
To set the number of blog posts you would like displayed on your blog page web site, go to the WordPress navigation menu and select Settings > Reading …
Configure your settings in the Reading Settings screen as shown in the screenshot below:
How To Modify The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Main Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the main page displays your newest published post entries, 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 post items that you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when finished…
To Edit The Number Of Posts On Your Blog Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a website, where the home page shows a fixed page and your most recent published posts show up 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 post entries you want displayed – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when finished to update your settings …
Now, when visitors come to your website, they will see posts showing either on your home 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 amount of published blog posts you want to have displaying on the blog page of your web site.
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