How To Set The Number Of Blog Posts To Display In WordPress

Learn how to set the number of published blog posts to display on your WordPress blog page …

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Setting How Many Posts Show Up On Your Blog Page: TutorialAs we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and displays your newest post entries on the main page, unless you specify a page as the main page.

Step-By-Step Tutorial - Changing The Number Of Published Blog Posts Displayed On Your Blog Page

In another article, we also address how to create a WordPress blog page to show your latest published articles.

Whether you choose to have posts on your front page or your blog page, WordPress lets you specify the number of items to show up on these pages (e.g. ’2’, ‘3’, ’12’ etc.)

Your WP website 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 or blog contains more blog posts than the number of items set to display …

Setting How Many Published Blog Post Entries Display On Your Blog Page - Tutorial

The ability to set how many posts will display on your site is useful.

For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest single post item you have published. This can be 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 your sports team, post an upcoming event, set up a quarterly office page for announcements, etc.

You can also use this feature to fill an ugly space on your blog page if your sidebar menu runs too long …

Step-By-Step Tutorial: Setting The Number Of Published Blog Post Items Showing On Your WP Blog

Whatever the reason may be, With WordPress you have the flexibility to set the number of posts to show on main blog page.

Let’s show you, then, how to specify the number of blog post entries you want to display on your blog.

How To Change The Number Of Post Entries To Display On Your Blog

Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress allows you to specify how many published posts you would like to show on your website’s blog page.

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The number of entries you want displayed is completely up to you. there is no limit to this number …

Tutorial - Setting How Many Published Blog Post Items Display On Your WP Blog Page

Note: Choose a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the content loads on your site. You can always increase or decrease the number of posts displayed on your blog page.

To specify how many published blog posts you would like to display on your site’s blog page site, go to the WordPress navigation menu and click on Settings > Reading

Specifying The Number Of Blog Post Items Displayed On Your Blog Page - Step-By-Step Tutorial

Configure your settings in the Reading Settings panel as shown in the screenshot below:

How To Change The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Home Page

If you are using your WP site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the front page displays your newest posts, then edit your settings as described below:

  1. Front page displays: Set this to Your latest posts
  2. Blog pages show at most: X posts (where ‘X’ is the number of blog posts you want displayed – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
  3. Click on Save Changes when done…

Tutorial - How To Specify The Number Of Published Blog Posts To Display On Your WP Blog

Specifying The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Blog Page

If you are using your WP site as a website, where the main page shows a fixed page and your latest posts show up on a separate blog page, then edit your settings as described below:

  1. Front page displays: Set this to A static page, then select Posts page: > your Blog Page from the drop down menu
  2. Blog pages show at most: X posts X posts (where ‘X’ is the number of entries you want to show – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
  3. Click the Save Changes button when finished …

Step-By-Step Tutorial - Setting How Many Published Blog Post Entries Display On Your Blog Page

Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see posts displayed either on your main page or blog page, up to the maximum number of posts you have specified …

Setting The Number Of Published Blog Post Entries Showing On Your WordPress Blog: Step-By-Step Tutorial

Useful Tip

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 posts you would like displayed on your website’s blog page.

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