As we’ve discussed in other posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your newest post entries on the front page, unless you specify a page as a front page.
In a previous tutorial, we also discuss how to create a blog page to show your most recent published content.
Whether you choose to have posts on your main page or your blog page, WordPress lets you set a specific number of posts to show up on these pages (i.e. ’2’, ’6’, ’15’ etc.)
Your site will then display blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have set, even if your site contains more blog posts than the number of items set to display …
Being able to set the number of posts can display on your WordPress site can be very useful.
For example, you can display only the most recent post that you have published. This is useful for example, if you want to send your readers to a different limited-time 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 weekly community page for announcements, etc.
You can also use this feature to fill an empty space on your blog if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason, With WordPress you have the flexibility to set the number of posts that you want to show on your blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how to change how many posts you want to show up on your blog page.
Changing The Number Of Post Entries Displayed On Your WordPress Blog Page
WordPress allows you to choose how many published blog posts you want to display on the blog page of your site.
The number of posts 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 content loads on your site. You can always raise or lower the amount of items displayed on your blog page.
To set the number of blog posts you want to have displaying on the blog page of your WordPress web site, select Settings > Reading from the WP dashboard menu …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings page as shown below:
Modifying The Number Of Posts On The Front Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the front page shows your latest post entries, then edit your settings 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 posts you want displayed – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when finished to update your settings…
To Modify The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the home page is a fixed page and your newest posts show up on a separate blog page, then edit your settings as shown 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 post entries you want to display – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when done …
Now, when visitors come to your site, they will see recently published content displayed 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 set the amount of published posts you want to have showing on the blog page of your WordPress site.
Related Posts
If you are new to WordPress, you may also find the following posts useful:
- How To Set Any WordPress Page As The Site’s Home Page
- How To Create A Blog Section In Your WordPress Site
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