As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your latest posts on the main page, unless you set a fixed page as a main page.
In a previous article, we have also explained how to create a WordPress blog page to show your most recent published entries.
Regardless of your choice to make posts on your home page or your blog page, With WordPress you can specify the number of posts to show on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ’6’, ’10’ etc.)
Your WP website will then display your newest blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of items you have set, even if your website or blog contains more blog posts than the number of items set to display …
Having the ability to specify how many entries display on your web site has a number of practical uses.
For example, you can display only the latest post that you have published. This is handy for example, if you are promoting a different time-sensitive offer each week, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post an upcoming event, set up a monthly office page for announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this feature to fill an ugly space on your blog page if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason, WordPress gives you the flexibility to change the number of blog posts that will display on main blog page.
In this tutorial, you are going to learn how easy it is to change the number of blog post entries will display on your blog.
How To Specify The Number Of Blog Post Entries To Display On Your WordPress Blog Page
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress lets you choose how many published posts you would like to have showing on the blog page of your website.
How many blog posts you want to display is completely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this amount …
Note: We suggest selecting a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the content loads on your site. You can always raise or lower the number of posts displayed.
To set the number of published blog posts you would like to display on your site’s blog page website, go to your WP navigation menu and select Settings > Reading …
Configure the options in the Reading Settings section as per the screenshot below:
Specifying The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Home Page
If you are using your WP site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the main page shows your newest 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 post items you want to show – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when finished to update your settings…
Modifying The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Blog Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a website, where the home page displays a fixed page and your latest 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 posts that you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when done to update your settings …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see blog posts showing 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 change the number of published blog posts you want to show on the blog page.
Related Posts
If you are new to WordPress, you may also find the following topic-related posts useful:
- How To Make A Specific Page Become The Home Page Of Your WordPress Site
- How To Create A Blog In Your WordPress Site
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