As we’ve discussed in previous posts, by default, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your newest posts on the home page, unless you specify a page as the main page.
In a previous tutorial, we also show you how to create a WordPress blog page to show your latest blog posts.
Whether you choose to have blog post entries on your front page or your blog page, WordPress lets you specify the number of blog posts to appear on these pages (e.g. ’2’, ’6’, ’12’ etc.)
Your WP site will then display blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of items you have set, even if your WordPress web site contains more posts than the number of items you have set to display …
The ability to set the number of blog post items can display on your web site can be very useful.
For example, you can display only the most recent entry you have published. This is useful for example, if you are promoting a different expiring 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 quarterly 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 posts that will display on main blog page.
In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to easily set the number of posts will show up on your blog.
How To Change The Number Of Blog Posts To Display On Your WordPress Blog
WordPress lets you specify how many posts you would like to display on your site’s blog page.
How many entries you want to display is entirely up to you. there is no limit to this amount …
Note: Pick a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the entries load on your site. You can always increase or decrease the number of posts displayed.
To specify the number of published blog posts you want to display on your site’s blog page website, go to your WP admin menu and click on Settings > Reading …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings section as shown in the screenshot below:
Specifying The Number Of Posts Showing On The Front Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the home page shows your newest 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 post entries you want displayed – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished to update your settings…
How To Change The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Blog Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a website, where the main page is a fixed page and your latest posts show up 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 items that you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when done to update your settings …
Now, when visitors come to your website, 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 change the amount of posts you want listed on the blog page of your WP web site.
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