As we’ve discussed in other posts, by default, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and shows your most recent posts on the main page, unless you set a specific page as the home page.
In a previously published article, we also address how to create a blog page to display your latest published posts.
Whether you choose to make your most recently published content show up on your front page or your blog page, you can set a specific number of posts to display on these pages (e.g. ’2’, ‘3’, ’10’ etc.)
Your WordPress website will then display your newest blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog posts you have specified, even if your website contains more blog posts than the number you have set to display …
The ability to set how many posts will display on your site can be useful.
For example, you can display only the most recent post that you have published. This can be handy for example, if you promote a weekly special, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post upcoming events, set up a weekly social page for updates and announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this feature to fill an empty space on your blog page if your sidebar menu runs too long …
Whatever the reason may be, WordPress gives you the flexibility to set the number of blog posts that you want to display on your blog page.
In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to change how many blog posts to show up on your blog.
How To Set The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your WordPress Blog Page
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress allows you to choose how many published posts you would like to display on the blog page of your website.
The number of blog posts you would like to display is entirely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this amount …
Note: Pick a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the entries load on your site. You can always raise or lower the amount of posts displayed on your blog page.
To specify the number of posts you would like to display on the blog page of your website, click on Settings > Reading from your WordPress navigation menu …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings page 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 installation option), where the main page displays your newest blog posts, then edit your settings 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 posts that you want displayed – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when finished…
To Specify The Number Of Posts On The Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the front page is a fixed page and your latest 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 entries that you want showing – i.e. ‘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 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 amount of published posts you would like to have displaying on the blog page.
Related Posts
If you are a new WordPress user, you may also find the following topic-related posts useful:
- How To Make A Specific WordPress Page Become The Website’s Home Page
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Blog Post Entries In WordPress
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