How To Set The Number Of Blog Posts To Display In WordPress

Learn how to set the number of published blog posts to display on your WordPress blog page …

Step-By-Step Tutorial: Setting How Many Post Entries Show Up On Your BlogAs we’ve discussed in previous posts, by default, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and shows your latest posts on the main page, unless you specify a page as your home page.

Tutorial: Changing How Many Blog Post Items Show Up On Your WordPress Blog

In another post, we’ve also shown you how to create a WordPress blog page to show your latest published posts.

Regardless of your choice to have blog posts on your home page or your blog page, you can specify the number of blog posts to show on these pages (i.e. ’2’, ’4’, ’10’ etc.)

Your website will then display your 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 posts set to display …

Setting The Number Of Published Blog Post Entries Displayed On Your WordPress Blog: Tutorial

Having the ability to set how many post items can display on your web site can be useful.

For example, you can display only the latest single blog post item you have published. This is handy, if, for example, you want to promote a different expiring offer each week, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post upcoming events, set up a quarterly office page for updates and announcements, etc.

Or, you can use this feature to fill an empty space on your blog if your sidebar menu is too long …

How To Change How Many Posts Display On Your WP Blog: Step-By-Step Tutorial

Whatever the reason, WordPress gives you the flexibility to change the number of blog posts that will show on your blog page.

In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how to easily change how many blog post entries to show on your blog page.

How To Specify The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Blog Page

WordPress allows you to choose how many posts you would like to display on the blog page.

Tip

How many blog posts you want to display is completely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this amount …

Changing The Number Of Post Entries To Display On Your WP Blog Page: Step-By-Step Tutorial

Note: Pick a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the content loads on your site. You can always increase or decrease the amount of posts displayed on your blog page.

To set how many published blog post entries you would like to show on your blog page web site, select Settings > Reading from the WordPress navigation menu …

Setting How Many Entries Show On Your Blog: Tutorial

Configure your options in the Reading Settings page as shown in the screenshot below:

Modifying 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 shows your most recent published post entries, then set your options as described below:

  1. Front page displays: Set this to Your latest posts
  2. Blog pages show at most: X posts (where ‘X’ is the number of post entries you want to display – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
  3. Click on Save Changes when finished…

Tutorial: Setting How Many Published Blog Post Items Show Up On Your WP Blog Page

Editing The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Blog Page

If you are using your WP site as a website, where the main page is a fixed page and your most recent post entries show up on a separate blog page, then edit your settings as shown below:

  1. Front page displays: Set this to A static page, then select Posts page: > your Blog Page from the drop down menu
  2. Blog pages show at most: X posts X posts (where ‘X’ is the number of blog post items that you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
  3. Click on Save Changes when finished …

How To Set The Number Of Published Blog Posts To Display On Your WP Blog Page - Tutorial

Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see your most recently published blog post entries showing either on your home page or blog page, up to the maximum number of posts you have specified …

Setting The Number Of Blog Post Items Showing On Your WordPress Blog - Tutorial

Useful Tip

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 want to have displaying on your website’s blog page.

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