As we’ve discussed in other posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and shows your most recent post entries on the front page, unless you set a specific page as the home page.
In another post, we also show you how to create a blog page to display your latest blog post entries.
Regardless of your choice to make posts on your main page or your blog page, With WordPress you can set a specific number of published post entries to show up on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ’6’, ’15’ etc.)
Your WP site will then display your most recent published articles on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog posts you have set, even if your WordPress site contains more blog posts than the number set to display …
Being able to set the number of blog post items can display on your web site is useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest blog post you have published. This is useful, if, for example, you are promoting a weekly special, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post upcoming events, set up a weekly office page for updates and announcements, etc.
You can also 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, With WordPress you have the flexibility to set the number of blog posts that you want to display on main blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how to easily specify how many posts you want to display on your blog.
How To Set The Number Of Post Entries To Display On Your Blog Page
WordPress allows you to choose how many published blog posts you would like to show on your website’s blog page.
How many entries you would like displayed 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 raise or lower the amount of items displayed on your blog page.
To specify how many blog post entries you want to display on the blog page website, go to the WordPress navigation menu and click on Settings > Reading …
Configure your options in the Reading Settings page as per the screenshot below:
How To Modify The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Front Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the home 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 blog posts that you want to display – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when finished…
Changing The Number Of Posts On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the home page displays a fixed page and your latest posts show up on a separate blog page, then set your options 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 entries you want to show – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished …
Now, when visitors come to your website, they will see your blog posts displayed 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 change the amount of blog posts you want to have showing on your website’s blog page.
Related Posts
If you are a new WordPress user, you may also find the following topic-related posts useful:
- How To Show A Specific Page As Your Website’s Home Page In WordPress
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Post Entries
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