As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and displays your newest blog posts on the home page, unless you set a fixed page as a home page.
In a previously published tutorial, we’ve also addressed how to create a WordPress blog page to display your latest blog posts.
Regardless of your choice to make blog post entries on your home page or your blog page, you can specify the number of blog posts to display on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’15’ etc.)
Your WP website will then display your blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of posts you have set, even if your web site contains more blog posts than the number of posts you have set to display …
Being able to specify how many blog posts display on your WordPress site has a number of uses.
For example, you can display only the most recent blog post that you have published. This is handy for example, if you promote a weekly special, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post upcoming events, set up a monthly community page for updates and announcements, etc.
You can also use this great 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 specify the number of posts that will display on main blog page.
In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to easily set the number of blog posts to show on your site’s blog page.
How To Specify The Number Of Blog Posts Displayed On Your Blog
WordPress allows you to choose how many posts you want listed on the blog page of your web site.
How many posts you want displayed is entirely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this number …
Note: Select a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the entries load on your site. You can always raise or lower the amount of items displayed on your blog page.
To specify how many published blog posts you would like to show on the blog page of your WordPress web site, go to your WP navigation menu and click on Settings > Reading …
Configure your settings in the Reading Settings panel as per the screenshot below:
Specifying The Number Of Posts On The Home Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the main page shows your most recent blog 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’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done to update your settings…
Changing The Number Of Posts Showing On The Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the front page displays a fixed page and your latest post entries 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 blog post entries that you want to display – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when done to update your settings …
Now, when visitors land on your site, they will see recently published post entries showing either on your front 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 amount of blog posts you want listed on the blog page.
Related Posts
If you are learning how to use WordPress, you may also find the following related posts useful:
- How To Set Any Page In WordPress As The Static Home Page
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Blog Posts In WordPress
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