As we’ve discussed in other posts, by default, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and shows your newest post entries on the main page, unless you fix a page as your home page.
In a previously published tutorial, we also address how to create a WordPress blog page to display your most recent published content.
Whether you choose to have your most recent published articles on your main page or your blog page, With WordPress you can set a specific number of published posts to display on these pages (e.g. ‘1’, ’4’, ‘9’ etc.)
Your site will then display blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of posts you have set, even if your web site contains more posts than the number of posts you have set to display …
Being able to set the number of posts display on your blog page has a number of uses.
For example, you can display only the latest single post you have published. This is useful for example, if you promote a weekly special, 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 updates and announcements, etc.
You can also use this feature to fill an empty space on your blog if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason may be, With WordPress you have the flexibility to set the number of blog posts to display on main blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how to easily set how many posts to display on your blog page.
How To Specify The Number Of Post Entries Displayed On Your WordPress Blog
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress lets you specify how many blog post entries you want to have displaying on the blog page of your web site.
How many posts you want displayed is completely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this amount …
Note: Pick a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the entries load on your site. You can always increase or decrease the amount of items displayed on your blog page.
To set the number of published posts you want displayed on the blog page of your WP web site, go to the WP admin menu and click on Settings > Reading …
Configure the options in the Reading Settings panel as shown below:
How To Change The Number Of Posts Showing On The Front Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the front page displays your most recent 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 post items that you want to show – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when finished…
Specifying The Number Of Posts Showing On The Blog Page
If you are using your WP site as a website, where the home page shows a fixed page and your latest post entries display 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 post items you want to display – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when finished …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see blog post entries 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 change the number of blog post entries you want to have showing on the blog page of your WP website.
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