As we’ve discussed in other posts, by default, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and displays your newest post entries on the main page, unless you specify a page as your home page.
In a previous post, we also discussed how to create a WordPress blog page to show your most recent blog posts.
Whether you choose to make present blog posts on your home page or your blog page, WordPress lets you specify the number of items to display on these pages (e.g. ’2’, ’7’, ‘9’ etc.)
Your website will then display your most recently published articles on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog posts you have set, even if your website or blog contains more posts than the number of posts set to display …
Having the ability to set the number of blog post items can display on your web site is useful.
For example, you can display only the latest single post you have published. This can be useful, if, for example, you want to send your readers to a different expiring offer each week, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post upcoming events, set up a weekly office page for 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, With WordPress you have the flexibility to change the number of posts that you want to display on your blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how easy it is to set the number of blog post entries will show up on your WordPress blog.
How To Change The Number Of Post Entries Displayed On Your Blog Page
WordPress lets you choose how many published blog post entries you want to show on the blog page of your site.
The number of posts you want displayed is completely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this amount …
Note: Select a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the content loads on your site. You can always increase or decrease the number of posts displayed.
To set the number of blog posts you want listed on the blog page of your web site, go to your WP navigation menu and click on Settings > Reading …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings panel as shown below:
Modifying The Number Of Posts On The Home Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the home page shows your most recent published items, 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 you want displayed – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished to update your settings…
Modifying The Number Of Posts Showing On The Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the main page displays a fixed page and your most recent published post entries show up 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 posts you want to display – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when done …
Now, when visitors land on your site, they will see blog post entries 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 set the number of published posts you would like displayed on the blog page of your WP website.
Related Posts
If you are a new WordPress user, you may also find the following posts useful:
- How To Create A Static Homepage In WordPress
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Posts In WordPress
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