One of the reasons I love using Wordpress (and there are many) is the ability to use the software as a Blog, Website or combination of both.
So, depending on what you want from your site, will determine how you are going to adjust your Reading settings.
But first, lets Log into Wordpress and check out what the Settings look like before we discuss how to set this up.
The link to access the Reading settings is in the left sidebar under Settings.
You will notice in the Reading Settings page there are five main settings, they are…
- Front page displays
- Blog pages show at most
- Syndication feeds show the most recent
- For each article in a feed, show
- Encoding for pages and feeds
In the example I am showing you here, I want to create a static Home page for my site and a separate Blog page where all of my latest posts will be displayed.
If we take a look at the steps outlined below, this is how it would look on the settings page.
As you can see by looking at the dropdown menu, I have created several pages for my site, a Home page, Blog page and an About page.
To create a static front page in the Front page displays section I would simply click on the A static page (select below) radio button, and then choose the Home page option.
Then for the Post page option I would choose my Blog page.
In the next section of our Settings page which is the Blog pages show at most section, you can decide on the number of posts you want to display on your blog page.
I personally think 10 is a lot and would normally choose to display 4 or 5 of my latest posts, but this is something you may want to test and see if the different number of posts displayed makes any difference to the number of people reading your posts.
Syndication feeds show the most recent.
I almost never adjust this setting, but again you may want to test this out for yourself. If your Syndication feed number is too high, it may bog down your site and be quite heavy on your database.
For each article in a feed, show.
I always set this option to Full text, so my RSS readers get the full article delivered to them, an important lesson I learned some time ago, was to never force your readers to do anything. If your readers like your content and want to consume it in there RSS reader then let them. They will always visit your site if they want to comment on your posts or browse for more information.
I don’t think I have ever changed this setting so I just leave this section alone.
As always, whenever I adjust anything in my Settings I click on the Save button when I’m done.
In summary the two main settings I worry about on this page are my Pages for displaying content, and how my content is delivered through my RSS feed.
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