As we’ve discussed in previous posts, by default, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and shows your newest published entries on the main page, unless you fix a page as your home page.
In a previous article, we also discussed how to create a blog page to display your most recent published posts.
Regardless of your choice to have blog post entries on your home page or your blog page, you can set a specific number of blog posts to show on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’15’ etc.)
Your site will then display blog post entries on your blog page up to the maximum number of items you have specified, even if your WordPress site contains more blog posts than the number of posts set to display …
The ability to specify the number of entries can display on your WordPress site can be very useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest single post you have published. This is handy for example, if you want to promote a different time-sensitive offer each week, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post upcoming events, set up a weekly social page for announcements, etc.
You can also use this feature to fill an ugly space on your blog if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason, WordPress gives you the flexibility to change the number of blog posts that you want to show on your blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how to set the number of posts will display on your blog.
Specifying The Number Of Blog Posts To Display On Your WordPress Blog
WordPress lets you choose how many blog post entries you would like displayed on the blog page of your web site.
How many blog posts you want displayed is completely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this number …
Note: Select a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the content loads on your site. You can always raise or lower the number of items displayed on your blog page.
To set how many blog post entries you would like to show on the blog page of your website, go to your WordPress dashboard menu and select Settings > Reading …
Configure your settings in the Reading Settings page as shown below:
Editing The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Main Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the front page shows your latest 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 entries that you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done…
How To Edit The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the front page is a fixed page and your latest post entries show up on a separate blog page, then edit your settings 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 post items that you want to display – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when finished …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see posts 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 set the amount of published posts you would like listed on the blog page of your web site.
Related Posts
If you are a new WordPress user, you may also find the following related posts useful:
- How To Make A Specific Page Become The Home Page Of Your WP Site
- How To Create A Blog In Your WP Site
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