As we’ve discussed in other posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and displays your newest posts on the main page, unless you specify a page as a static main page.
In a separate article, we also show you how to create a WordPress blog page to show your latest published entries.
Whether you choose to make blog post entries on your front page or your blog page, you can specify the number of blog posts to appear on these pages (e.g. ’2’, ’4’, ’10’ etc.)
Your WordPress website will then display blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog posts you have set, even if your WP site contains more blog posts than the number of posts set to display …
The ability to set how many entries can display on your blog page has a number of uses.
For example, you can display only the latest post you have published. This is useful for example, if you promote a different limited-time offer each week, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post upcoming events, set up a quarterly corporate page for updates and announcements, etc.
You can also use this great feature to fill an ugly space on your blog page if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason may be, WordPress gives you the flexibility to specify the number of blog posts to display on main blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how to easily change the number of posts will display on your blog page.
Changing The Number Of Post Entries To Display On Your WordPress Blog
WordPress allows you to choose how many published blog post entries you want listed on your website’s blog page.
The number of blog posts you would like to display is entirely up to you. there is no limit to this number …
Note: Select a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the content loads on your site. You can always raise or lower the amount of posts displayed.
To specify the number of posts you want to have showing on the blog page of your site, go to your WP navigation menu and select Settings > Reading …
Configure your options in the Reading Settings page as per the screenshot below:
Editing The Number Of Posts Showing On The Front Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the front page displays your most recent posts, then set your options 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 that you want displayed – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when finished to update your settings…
How To Modify The Number Of Posts On Your Blog Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a website, where the front page displays a fixed page and your latest posts display on a separate blog page, then edit your settings 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 showing – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when done …
Now, when visitors come to your site, they will see your blog posts showing either on your main 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 number of blog post entries you want to have displaying on the blog page of your website.
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