As we’ve discussed in other posts, by default, WordPress treats your website as a ‘blog’ and shows your newest post entries on the home page, unless you specify a page as the main page.
In another article, we also discuss how to create a WordPress blog page to show your most recent blog posts.
Whether you choose to have your most recently published articles appear on your front page or your blog page, you can specify the number of items to display on these pages (e.g. ’2’, ’7’, ‘9’ etc.)
Your WP website will then display blog post entries on your blog page up to the maximum number of posts you have specified, even if your WordPress site contains more posts than the number set to display …
Having the ability to specify how many entries can display on your web site has a number of uses.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest post you have published. This is handy for example, if you are promoting a weekly special, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of your sports team, post upcoming events, set up a quarterly social page for 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, With WordPress you have the flexibility to change the number of posts that will display on main blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how to easily change the number of posts will display on your WordPress blog.
Changing The Number Of Post Entries To Display On Your WordPress Blog Page
WordPress lets you specify how many published blog post entries you want displayed on the blog page of your website.
The number of posts you want displayed is completely up to you. there is no limit to this amount …
Note: Pick a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the entries load on your site. You can always raise or lower the number of posts displayed on your blog page.
To specify how many blog post entries you want to show on the blog page of your WP site, choose Settings > Reading from your WordPress navigation menu …
Configure the settings in the Reading Settings screen as shown below:
Specifying The Number Of Posts On Your Front Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the home page displays your most recent published post items, 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 posts that you want displayed – i.e. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished to update your settings…
How To Edit The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the home page shows a fixed page and your newest published blog posts display on a separate blog page, then set your options 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 items you want showing – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the Save Changes button when finished to update your settings …
Now, when visitors come to your website, they will see blog post entries showing either on your front 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 posts you would like listed on the blog page of your web site.
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