As we’ve discussed in other posts, by default, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your most recent blog posts on the main page, unless you fix a page as a home page.
In another tutorial, we also discuss how to create a blog page to display your latest post.
Regardless of your choice to have posts on your front page or your blog page, WordPress lets you specify the number of blog posts to show on these pages (e.g. ‘1’, ’6’, ’15’ etc.)
Your WP website 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 website contains more blog posts than the number of posts you have set to display …
Being able to set the number of entries can display on your web site can be useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest post that you have published. This can be useful for example, if you are promoting a weekly special, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post an upcoming event, set up a weekly team page for updates and announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this feature to fill an ugly space on your blog if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason, With WordPress you have the flexibility to specify the number of posts to show on your blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how easy it is to specify how many blog posts will show on your site’s blog page.
Setting The Number Of Blog Posts Displayed On Your WordPress Blog Page
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress lets you specify how many blog post entries you would like to show on your blog page.
How many entries you want displayed is completely up to you. there is no limit to this amount …
Note: Choose 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 have showing on your site’s blog page website, go to your WP dashboard menu and click on Settings > Reading …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings section as shown below:
Specifying The Number Of Posts On Your Main Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the front page displays your latest published blog entries, 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’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done…
Editing The Number Of Posts On The Blog Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a website, where the main page displays a fixed page and your newest 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 blog post items you want displayed – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished …
Now, when visitors come to your website, they will see blog 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 change the amount of published posts you want displayed on the blog page of your site.
Related Posts
If you are a WordPress newbie, you may also find the following topic-related posts useful:
- How To Make Any WordPress Page You Choose Be The Home Page Of Your Website
- How To Create A Blog Page In WordPress
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"Wow! I never knew there's so much to learn about WordPress! I bought one of the WordPress for Dummies three years ago, such authors need to be on this course!" - Rich Law, Create A Blog Now