As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and displays your most recent posts on the home page, unless you set a specific page as your home page.
In another article, we also discussed how to create a blog page to show your latest published content.
Whether you choose to have your blog posts on your home page or your blog page, you can specify the number of published post entries to appear on these pages (e.g. ’2’, ’4’, ’10’ etc.)
Your website will then display blog post entries on your blog page up to the maximum number of posts you have set, even if your WP website contains more posts than the number of items you have set to display …
The ability to specify the number of blog posts display on your blog page has a number of practical applications.
For example, you can display only the most recent blog post item that you have published. This is handy, if, for example, you want to promote a different expiring offer each week, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post an upcoming event, set up a monthly corporate page for announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this great feature to fill an empty space on your blog page if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason, WordPress gives you the flexibility to set the number of posts that you want to display on your blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how easy it is to change how many posts to show on your site’s blog page.
Changing The Number Of Blog Posts To Display On Your Blog Page
WordPress allows you to choose how many blog posts you want to show on the blog page.
The number of blog posts you want to display is entirely 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 posts displayed on your blog page.
To set the number of published blog posts you want to have displaying on the blog page of your site, go to your WP admin menu and choose Settings > Reading …
Configure your settings in the Reading Settings screen as per the screenshot below:
How To Edit The Number Of Posts Showing On The Front Page
If you are using your WP site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the front page displays your most recent 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 to show – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when finished to update your settings…
How To Modify The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the front page is a fixed page and your most recent published posts 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 post items you want to display – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when finished …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see your most recently published 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 amount of published blog post entries you would like listed 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 Make A Page Of Your Choice Be The Site’s Home Page In WordPress
- How To Create A Blog Page In WordPress
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