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 …

How To Change The Number Of Blog Posts Displayed On Your WP Blog Page: Step-By-Step TutorialAs we’ve discussed in other posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and displays your newest posts on the main page, unless you fix a page as a front page.

How To Change How Many Blog Post Entries Show On Your Blog - Step-By-Step Tutorial

In another tutorial, we also discuss how to create a blog page to display your latest published posts.

Regardless of your choice to have your most recent published articles on your front page or your blog page, you can set a specific number of items to display on these pages (e.g. ‘1’, ’6’, ’15’ etc.)

Your site will then display your most recent published articles on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have specified, even if your WP web site contains more posts than the number of items set to display …

Step-By-Step Tutorial - Specifying The Number Of Published Blog Post Entries To Display On Your Blog

Having the ability to set the number of post items display on your blog page is useful.

For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest entry that you have published. This is useful, if, for example, you want to send your readers to a weekly special, a ‘deal of the day’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, 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 …

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

Whatever the reason, WordPress gives you the flexibility to set the number of posts to display on main blog page.

In this tutorial, you are going to learn how easy it is to change how many posts to show on your WordPress blog.

How To Specify The Number Of Blog Post Entries To Display On Your WordPress Blog

Through its content management system (CMS), WordPress allows you to specify how many blog posts you would like displayed on your website’s blog page.

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How many blog posts you want displayed is entirely up to you. WordPress doesn’t limit this number …

Step-By-Step Tutorial: How To Change The Number Of Post Entries To Display On Your WordPress Blog Page

Note: Select a sensible setting that won’t slow down your page as the entries load on your site. You can always increase or decrease the amount of posts displayed.

To set how many published blog post entries you want to have showing on the blog page of your WP site, click on Settings > Reading from the WP dashboard menu …

Setting How Many Blog Post Entries Show On Your WordPress Blog - Step-By-Step Tutorial

Configure the options in the Reading Settings page as per the screenshot below:

How To Change The Number Of Posts On Your Home Page

If you are using your WordPress site as a blog (i.e. the default installation option), where the front page displays your latest blog posts, 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 blog post entries that you want displayed – e.g. ‘1’, ’5’, ’10’, ’12’ etc.)
  3. Click the ‘Save’ button when done…

How To Specify How Many Published Posts Show On Your Blog: Step-By-Step Tutorial

How To Edit 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 blog posts display 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 entries you want to show – i.e. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
  3. Click on Save Changes when done …

How To Set The Number Of Blog Posts Showing On Your WordPress Blog Page: Step-By-Step Tutorial

Now, when visitors land on your site, they will see blog post entries displayed either on your front page or blog page, as per the settings you have specified …

Tutorial - How To Set How Many Post Entries Display On Your WordPress Blog

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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 would like listed on the blog page of your web site.

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