As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your latest published posts on the home page, unless you specify a page as a home page.
In a previous post, we have also addressed how to create a WordPress blog page to display your latest published content.
Regardless of your choice to make your most recent published articles on your front page or your blog page, you can set a specific number of blog posts to appear on these pages (i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’12’ etc.)
Your WordPress website will then display your latest blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have set, even if your WordPress website or blog contains more blog posts than the number set to display …
The ability to specify how many blog posts can display on your WordPress site can be very useful.
For example, you can display only the latest blog post item you have published. This is useful, if, for example, you want to send your readers to a different expiring offer each month, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post an upcoming event, set up a quarterly social 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 specify the number of posts to display on main blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how to change how many blog posts to show on your blog.
Specifying The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Blog
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress allows you to choose how many blog post entries you would like listed on the blog page of your web site.
How many entries you would like to display is completely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this number …
Note: Select a sensible setting that won’t overload 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 specify the number of published blog posts you would like to show on the blog page of your web site, select Settings > Reading from your WP admin menu …
Configure the options in the Reading Settings section as per the screenshot below:
Editing The Number Of Posts On The Home Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the front page displays your latest published blog posts, 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 post entries that you want displayed – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when finished to update your settings…
To Modify The Number Of Posts Showing On The Blog Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a website, where the main page shows a fixed page and your latest 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 blog posts you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when done to update your settings …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see blog post entries showing either on your home 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 number of posts you would like listed on the blog page of your WP website.
Related Posts
If you are new to WordPress, you may also find the following topic-related posts useful:
- How To Set Any Page In WordPress As A Static Home Page
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Posts In WordPress
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