As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and displays your latest posts on the main page, unless you set a specific page as a static home page.
In a separate tutorial, we’ve also addressed how to create a blog page to display your latest blog post entries.
Regardless of your choice to have posts on your main page or your blog page, With WordPress you can specify the number of blog posts to show up on these pages (e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’15’ etc.)
Your WP 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 site contains more blog posts than the number of items you have set to display …
Being able to set how many posts can display on your WordPress site has a number of practical uses.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest post item that you have published. This can be handy, if, for example, you want to promote a different expiring offer each week, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post an upcoming event, set up a quarterly office page for announcements, etc.
You can also use this feature to fill an ugly space on your blog page if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason, With WordPress you have the flexibility to set the number of blog posts to display on main blog page.
Let’s show you, then, how to easily set the number of posts you want to display on your site’s blog page.
How To Change The Number Of Blog Posts To Display On Your Blog
WordPress allows you to specify how many posts you want to have displaying on the blog page of your site.
How many blog posts you would like to display is entirely up to you. there is no limit to this number …
Note: We recommend choosing a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the entries load on your site. You can always raise or lower the amount of posts displayed.
To set the number of blog posts you would like listed on your site’s blog page website, go to your WordPress navigation menu and click on Settings > Reading …
Configure your settings in the Reading Settings panel as shown in the screenshot below:
How To Change The Number Of Posts Showing On The Home Page
If you are using your site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the front page shows your latest 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 you want to show – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done…
To Change The Number Of Posts On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the front page is a fixed page and your most recent published post entries show up 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 blog post entries that you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when done to update your settings …
Now, when visitors come to your site, they will see blog posts showing either on your front 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 set the amount of published posts you would like listed on the blog page of your WP site.
Related Posts
If you are new to WordPress, you may also find the following related posts useful:
- How To Make A Specific WordPress Page Become Your Home Page
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Posts
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