As we’ve discussed in previous posts, by default, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your latest post entries on the home page, unless you specify a page as a main page.
In another article, we also explain how to create a WordPress blog page to show your latest published entries.
Regardless of your choice to have your most recent published articles on your home page or your blog page, you can set a specific number of blog posts to appear on these pages (e.g. ‘1’, ’6’, ’10’ etc.)
Your WordPress website will then display posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of items you have set, even if your WP website contains more posts than the number of items you have set to display …
Being able to specify the number of posts will display on your site can be useful.
For example, you can display only the latest blog post you have published. This can be useful, if, for example, you want to send your readers to a different time-sensitive offer each month, 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 office page for updates and announcements, etc.
You can also use this 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 change the number of blog posts to display on your blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how easy it is to specify the number of posts you want to show on your blog page.
How To Specify The Number Of Blog Posts To Display On Your Blog
WordPress allows you to choose how many blog post entries you want listed on the blog page of your web site.
The number of blog posts you would like to display is entirely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this number …
Note: Select a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the content loads on your site. You can always increase or decrease the amount of items displayed.
To set how many published posts you want displayed on the blog page of your web site, select Settings > Reading from the WP admin menu …
Configure your settings in the Reading Settings section as shown in the screenshot below:
How To Edit The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Home Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the front page shows your latest published blog items, 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 post entries that you want to display – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when finished…
To Change 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 most recent post entries display 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 blog posts that you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done …
Now, when visitors land on 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 published blog post entries you would like to have showing on the blog page of your WP web site.
Related Posts
If you are new to WordPress, you may also find the following 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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