As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and displays your most recent posts on the main page, unless you fix a page as the home page.
In another post, we also cover how to create a blog page to display your most recent post.
Regardless of your choice to make posts on your main page or your blog page, With WordPress you can set a specific number of items to display on these pages (e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’15’ etc.)
Your site will then display blog post entries on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have set, even if your WP website or blog contains more posts than the number you have set to display …
Being able to set how many blog posts will display on your site can be useful.
For example, you can display only the latest post item that you have published. This is useful, if, for example, you are promoting a different time-sensitive offer each week, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post upcoming events, set up a monthly office page for updates and announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this feature to fill an ugly 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 will show on main blog page.
In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to set the number of blog posts you want to show up on your blog page.
How To Set The Number Of Posts To Display On Your WordPress Blog
Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress allows you to choose how many published posts you want listed on your website’s blog page.
How many posts you want to display is completely up to you. there is no limit to this amount …
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 amount of items displayed.
To set the number of blog post entries you would like to display on your blog page site, go to your WP navigation menu and select Settings > Reading …
Configure the options in the Reading Settings screen as shown below:
Changing The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Home Page
If you are using your WP site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the main page shows your most recent 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 items that you want to show – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done…
Specifying The Number Of Posts Showing On The Blog Page
If you are using your WP site as a website, where the front page shows a fixed page and your most recent blog posts show up 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 entries you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see blog posts 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 number of published blog posts you want to display on your WordPress website’s blog page.
Related Posts
If you are learning how to use WordPress, you may also find the following topic-related posts useful:
- How To Select A Specific Page As The Website’s Home Page In WordPress
- How To Create A Blog Page In WordPress
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