As we’ve discussed in previous posts, in a default installation, WordPress treats your site as a ‘blog’ and shows your newest published posts on the home page, unless you set a fixed page as the home page.
In a separate post, we’ve also covered how to create a WordPress blog page to display your latest blog posts.
Regardless of your choice to make blog post entries on your front page or your blog page, WordPress lets you set a specific number of blog posts to show up on these pages (e.g. ’2’, ’4’, ’15’ etc.)
Your website will then display your most recently published posts on your blog page up to the maximum number of blog post entries you have set, even if your web site contains more blog posts than the number of posts set to display …
Having the ability to set the number of entries will display on your site can be very useful.
For example, you can set your blog to display only the latest single entry you have published. This can be handy, if, for example, you promote a different expiring offer each month, a ’book of the month’ type of offer, publish the latest results of a local sports competition, post upcoming events, set up a monthly community page for updates and announcements, etc.
Or, you can use this feature to fill an empty space on your blog page if your sidebar menu is too long …
Whatever the reason, With WordPress you have the flexibility to change the number of posts that will show on main blog page.
In this step-by-step tutorial, you are going to learn how to set the number of posts will show up on your site’s blog page.
How To Change The Number Of Blog Posts Displayed On Your Blog Page
WordPress lets you choose how many blog post entries you want to have displaying on the blog page of your site.
The number of posts you would like displayed is completely up to you. there is no limit to this amount …
Note: We recommend that you select a sensible setting that won’t overload your page as the content loads on your site. You can always increase or decrease the number of items displayed on your blog page.
To set how many published blog post entries you would like to have displaying on your site’s blog page website, click on Settings > Reading from the WP admin menu …
Configure your settings in the Reading Settings page as shown in the screenshot below:
Changing The Number Of Posts Showing On The Front Page
If you are using your WordPress site as a blog (i.e. the default WordPress option), where the front page displays your most recent post entries, 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 items that you want showing – e.g. ‘1’, ‘3’, ‘7’, ’12’ etc.)
- Click on Save Changes when finished…
Editing The Number Of Posts Displayed On Your Blog Page
If you are using your site as a website, where the front page displays a fixed page and your latest post entries show up on a separate blog page, then edit your settings 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’, ’5’, ‘7’, ’15’ etc.)
- Click the ‘Save’ button when done …
Now, when visitors land on your website, they will see posts displayed either on your home 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 set the amount of published posts you want displayed on the blog page of your site.
Related Posts
If you are new to WordPress, you may also find the following posts useful:
- How To Show A WordPress Page Of Your Choice As The Website’s Home Page
- How To Create A Blog Page To Display Your Latest Post Entries
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