As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your newest posts on the home page, unless you set a specific page as a static front page.
In a separate article, we also show you how to create a WordPress blog page to show your most recent published articles.
Whether you choose to have blog post entries on your home page or your blog page, With WordPress you can specify the number of posts to show up on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’15’ etc.)
Your 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 website contains more posts than the number of posts set to display …
Having the ability to set how many posts will display on your blog page is useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest single post that you have published. This is handy for example, if you want to promote a weekly special, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post an upcoming event, set up a monthly team 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, WordPress gives you the flexibility to set the number of posts that you want to show on your blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how to specify how many blog post entries you want to show up on your WordPress blog.
How To Change The Number Of Blog Post Entries Displayed On Your Blog
WordPress lets you specify how many published blog posts you want displayed on the blog page of your web site.
How many entries you would like to display is completely up to you. there is no limit to this number …
Note: Select a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the entries load on your site. You can always increase or decrease the number of items displayed.
To set the number of published blog posts you would like to show on your blog page web site, go to the WordPress admin menu and choose Settings > Reading …
Configure the options in the Reading Settings page as per the screenshot below:
How To Edit The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Home Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the front page shows your latest blog posts, 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 post items that you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when finished to update your settings…
Modifying The Number Of Posts Showing On The Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the front page displays a fixed page and your latest published blog posts display 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 items you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when done to update your settings …
Now, when visitors come to your site, they will see your most recently published blog post entries showing either on your home 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 number of published blog post entries you would like listed on your WP website’s blog page.
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