As we’ve discussed in previous posts, by default, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and shows your newest posts on the home page, unless you set a specific page as a static main page.
In a previous post, we also address how to create a WordPress blog page to display your latest published entries.
Regardless of your choice to make blog posts on your front page or your blog page, With WordPress you can specify the number of published posts to show up on these pages (i.e. ’2’, ‘3’, ’12’ etc.)
Your WP website will then display blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have specified, even if your WordPress web site contains more posts than the number of items set to display …
Having the ability to specify how many blog posts can display on your WordPress site has a number of uses.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest entry you have published. This can be useful for example, if you want to promote 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 quarterly office 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, WordPress gives you the flexibility to specify the number of posts that you want to show on your blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how to easily change the number of blog posts to show on your site’s blog page.
How To Change The Number Of Post Entries To Display On Your Blog Page
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress lets you choose how many published posts you would like to display on the blog page of your web site.
How many posts you want to display is completely up to you. there is no limit to 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 amount of items displayed on your blog page.
To set the number of blog posts you would like to have showing on your site’s blog page site, go to your WordPress dashboard menu and click on Settings > Reading …
Configure the options in the Reading Settings section as per the screenshot below:
How To Edit The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Front Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the main page shows 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 blog posts you want to display – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when finished…
How To Specify 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 newest posts 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 posts that you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when done …
Now, when visitors land on your site, they will see blog post entries 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 post entries you would like to show on the blog page of your website.
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