As we’ve discussed in previous posts, by default, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and displays your most recent post entries on the home page, unless you set a specific page as a home page.
In a previously published article, we have also explained how to create a blog page to show your most recent published articles.
Regardless of your choice to have blog posts on your home page or your blog page, WordPress lets you set a specific number of blog post entries to display on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ’7’, ’15’ etc.)
Your site will then display your most recently published posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of posts you have specified, even if your WordPress website contains more posts than the number of posts you have set to display …
Having the ability to set how many posts can display on your web site can be very useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest entry that you have published. This is handy, if, for example, you promote a weekly special, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post an upcoming event, set up a monthly team 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, With WordPress you have the flexibility to change the number of blog posts to display on your blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how easy it is to specify the number of blog post entries you want to show up on your WordPress blog.
Setting The Number Of Post Entries To Display On Your WordPress Blog Page
WordPress lets you specify how many blog post entries you would like listed on your website’s blog page.
The number of blog posts you want to display is entirely up to you. there is no limit to this number …
Note: We suggest choosing a sensible setting that won’t overload 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 specify how many blog posts you want to have showing on the blog page of your WordPress website, go to your WP admin menu and choose Settings > Reading …
Configure your options in the Reading Settings page as per the screenshot below:
How To Specify The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Front Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the home page shows your latest posts, then edit your settings 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 blog post items you want to show – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when done…
To Change The Number Of Posts On The Blog Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a website, where the front page displays a fixed page and your newest posts display on a separate blog page, then set your options 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 items you want showing – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished …
Now, when visitors come to your site, they will see blog post entries displayed 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 posts you want to have displaying on the blog page of your WordPress website.
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