As we’ve discussed in other posts, by default, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and shows your latest posts on the home page, unless you fix a page as your home page.
In a previous tutorial, we also cover how to create a WordPress blog page to display your most recent published entries.
Whether you choose to have present your most recent published articles on your front page or your blog page, you can specify the number of items to show up on these pages (e.g. ’2’, ’4’, ‘9’ etc.)
Your website will then display your most recently published articles on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have specified, even if your WP site contains more blog posts than the number of posts set to display …
Being able to specify the number of post items will display on your blog page is useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the most recent entry that you have published. This can be handy for example, if you are promoting a different expiring offer each week, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post an upcoming event, set up a quarterly community page for updates and announcements, etc.
Or, you can 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 change the number of blog posts to show on main blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how easy it is to set the number of blog posts you want to display on your site’s blog page.
Specifying The Number Of Post Entries Displayed On Your WordPress Blog
WordPress allows you to specify how many blog posts you want to have showing on the blog page of your site.
The number of entries you want to display 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.
To set the number of posts you would like to display on your website’s blog page site, select Settings > Reading from your WordPress dashboard menu …
Configure your options in the Reading Settings page as per the screenshot below:
Editing The Number Of Posts Showing On The Home Page
If you are using your WP site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the main page shows your newest posts, then set your options 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 posts you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done…
Modifying The Number Of Posts On The Blog Page
If you are using your WP site as a website, where the front page is a fixed page and your most recent blog 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 post items that you want to display – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see blog post entries displayed 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 number of published blog post entries you want to have showing on your WP site’s blog page.
Related Posts
If you are learning how to use WordPress, you may also find the following related posts useful:
- How To Create A Static Home Page In WordPress
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Posts In WordPress
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