As we’ve discussed in other posts, by default, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and shows your most recent posts on the home page, unless you specify a page as the front page.
In a previous article, we’ve also covered how to create a blog page to display your latest blog post entries.
Whether you choose to make posts on your main page or your blog page, With WordPress you can set a specific number of blog post entries to show up on these pages (e.g. ‘1’, ’4’, ’12’ etc.)
Your WordPress site will then display blog post entries on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have specified, even if your WP web site contains more posts than the number of items set to display …
Having the ability to set how many blog posts will display on your web site is useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest single blog post that you have published. This can be useful for example, if you want to promote a weekly special, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post upcoming events, set up a quarterly social page for updates and announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this great feature to fill an ugly space on your blog page if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason may be, WordPress gives you the flexibility to specify the number of blog posts that will display on your blog page.
In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to easily set how many blog post entries will show up on your site’s blog page.
Specifying The Number Of Blog Posts Displayed On Your Blog Page
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress lets you choose how many blog posts you want listed on your website’s blog page.
The number of entries you want to display is completely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this number …
Note: Select a sensible setting that won’t overload 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 posts you would like to display on your blog page web site, go to the WP dashboard menu and click on Settings > Reading …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings screen as shown in the screenshot below:
Specifying The Number Of Posts On The Main Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the main page shows your latest posts, then set your options as described 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 that you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when done…
Modifying The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Blog Page
If you are using your WP site as a website, where the main page displays a fixed page and your newest blog posts display 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 entries that you want to show – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see blog post entries showing either on your main page or blog page, as per the settings 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 displayed on your WordPress website’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 Homepage In WordPress
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your WordPress Posts
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