As we’ve discussed in other posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and displays your newest published posts on the front page, unless you set a specific page as the front page.
In another post, we have also shown you how to create a blog page to show your most recent published content.
Regardless of your choice to make blog posts on your front page or your blog page, WordPress lets you set a specific number of items to appear on these pages (e.g. ’2’, ’7’, ’12’ etc.)
Your WordPress site will then display your latest blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have set, even if your WordPress website contains more blog posts than the number of items you have set to display …
Being able to specify the number of post items can display on your WordPress site can be useful.
For example, you can display only the most recent blog post that you have published. This can be handy for example, if you promote a different time-sensitive offer each month, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post upcoming events, set up a weekly community page for updates and announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this great feature to fill an empty space on your blog page if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason, With WordPress you have the flexibility to change the number of blog posts to display on main blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how easy it is to set the number of posts you want to show up on your WordPress blog.
How To Change The Number Of Post Entries To Display On Your WordPress Blog
WordPress lets you choose how many published posts you want to show on the blog page of your website.
How many posts you want to display is completely up to you. there is no limit to this number …
Note: We suggest selecting a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the content loads on your site. You can always raise or lower the amount of items displayed.
To specify how many posts you want to show on the blog page of your website, go to your WP dashboard menu and choose Settings > Reading …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings screen as per the screenshot below:
Modifying The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Main Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the main page displays your most recent post entries, 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 posts you want displayed – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished…
To Modify The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Blog Page
If you are using your WP site as a website, where the home page displays a fixed page and your most recent published posts display on a separate blog page, then edit your settings 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 posts you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done …
Now, when visitors come to your site, they will see blog posts 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 amount of blog post entries you want to show on the blog page of your WordPress site.
Related Posts
If you are a new WordPress user, you may also find the following related posts useful:
- How To Create A Static WP Homepage
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Blog Posts In WordPress
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