As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and shows your most recent published entries on the main page, unless you set a specific page as the front page.
In another article, we also discussed how to create a WordPress blog page to show your most recent published entries.
Whether you choose to make your most recent published articles on your front page or your blog page, you can specify the number of items to show on these pages (e.g. ’2’, ’5’, ’15’ etc.)
Your website will then display your blog posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog posts you have set, even if your site contains more posts than the number you have set to display …
Having the ability to specify the number of blog post items display on your WordPress site can be very useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the most recent blog post item you have published. This can be useful for example, if you promote a weekly special, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post upcoming events, set up a weekly corporate page for updates and announcements, etc.
You can also use this great feature to fill an empty space on your blog page if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason may be, With WordPress you have the flexibility to set the number of posts that will show on your 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.
How To Change The Number Of Post Entries To Display On Your Blog Page
WordPress allows you to choose how many blog posts you would like to have displaying on the blog page of your site.
How many posts you would like to display is entirely up to you. there is no limit to this number …
Note: Pick a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the content loads on your site. You can always raise or lower the number of posts displayed.
To set the number of published blog post entries you would like listed on your website’s blog page web site, go to your WordPress navigation menu and choose Settings > Reading …
Configure your settings in the Reading Settings panel as shown in the screenshot below:
How To Change The Number Of Posts Displayed On The Front Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the home page displays your most recent post entries, then set your options 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 entries that you want displayed – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when finished…
Editing The Number Of Posts Showing On Your Blog Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a website, where the main page displays a fixed page and your most recent post entries 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 items that you want displayed – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done to update your settings …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see blog posts displayed 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 amount of published posts you want to have displaying on the blog page of your web site.
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