Blog display problems

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#1

Hello

I have adjusted my blog settings many times. Unfortunatly it is pushing some of my content to a second page, leaving space at the bottom of the first page. I would prefer that each page is filled with the same number of blog posts. In the end, it is uniform and looks more like a grid. Please take a peak at the bottom of page one, see how there are two spots open for posts? Then on page 2, there is one post. Why is the page pushing the last post to a new page?

thanks!

chris…

#2

Howdy, @chrisware24!

Thanks for writing in! There are a couple things going on here:

  1. Part of laying out your blog index is specifying how many posts per page should be shown, which can be done at WordPress Admin → Settings → Reading → Blog pages show at most. Currently you are showing 10 posts per page. If you want to bring your post from the 2nd page to the 1st page, you will need to increase this number. I would recommend using 12 because you are using a 3 column layout, and that will ensure you get an even number of posts on each page.
  2. The second thing to consider is what I just mentioned: what is the general layout of your blog? Since you are using a 3 column layout, I would recommend using multiples of 6 to ensure you always get an evenly responsive layout. This is because when your blog layout breaks to 2 columns on a smaller screen, you will still have an even number.

Keep in mind that your blog will need to paginate at some point. Pagination is when your posts are split across multiple pages. This is necessary because if you had 100 posts for example, it would be way too much content to display on a page to be readily consumable, and it would be too large in terms of page size. So the posts going to a new page is not wrong, that’s just how it is supposed to function, you will just want to adjust your numbers as I’ve mentioned above and that should help you moving forward.

Hopefully this helps to point you in the right direction. Cheers!

#3

Thanks!!! I set it up at 6. Makes sense, since some will look at this on an ipad. Thanks again for you help!!!

#4

You’re welcome Chris!
We’re glad @Kory were able to help you out.

#5

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