Please that Feed Reader – Increase Your Recent Posts



Yesterday a new reader(Alex, from Not a Niche) approached me over Skype: “You should change the settings to see more than only 10 posts in a feed.”

“What?” I asked. “You can only see the last 10?”

“Yes, only 10.” he replied.

“How many posts would you use?”

Alex responded, “Do thirty to fifty. If it’s a new subscriber, he wants to read some. I know some bloggers who show the last 2 years.”

Wow, Fifty Posts?

Alex as a new reader wanted to read our content, but when he subscribed he could only see the last ten of our posts. I immediately went into my WordPress settings and increased the count to fifty posts per his recommendation.

In WordPress you can access this setting under Settings (or Options) and in the Reading panel.

WordPress Feed Settings
WordPress Feed Settings

I’m sure Alex is not alone, so do your readers (and new subscribers) a favor and increase that feed post count to whatever you feel comfortable with.

PS: While you’re at it, make sure you have “Full text” turned on also.









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12 Responses to Please that Feed Reader – Increase Your Recent Posts

  1. I’m not sure I’d read 50 posts in someones RSS feed, but it certainly is great to be able to skim over!!

  2. Ronald Huereca April 4, 2008 at 4:26 pm #

    @BradBlogging,

    Yes, it’s more for those who have desktop aggregators and want a quick feel for a person’s content.

    Just FYI about your name. We do allow keywords here, but slogans and website titles is kind of pushing it. Please keep it shorter next time.

  3. CircleReader April 4, 2008 at 5:51 pm #

    Done! Thanks for the tip, Ronald!

    (And I’m loving the site design; beautiful and easy on the eyes–a reader’s delight!)

  4. Ronald Huereca April 4, 2008 at 5:54 pm #

    @CircleReader,

    Thanks! I’m glad you like it. Love your Gravatar btw. Fits your site really well.

  5. Lee April 9, 2008 at 1:54 pm #

    That is a great suggestion. I don’t know if I would make it 50 but more than ten is a great idea. Just checked my settings they are at 25. Don’t remember doing that.

  6. Alex Dombroff@Fresno California Jobs April 9, 2008 at 2:24 pm #

    I would love to see more than 5-10 on most sites. 50 might be overkill, I would like to read around 30. By the way, I love how the comments are clearly below the article. Nice and clean separation.

  7. Ronald Huereca April 9, 2008 at 4:48 pm #

    @Alex,

    Thanks! I tried to give the commenters here a huge chunk of screen real estate.

    @Lee,

    Yes, 50 might me too much, but I figure, what the heck :)

  8. Phyllis V April 22, 2008 at 11:18 am #

    50 seems a bit much, don’t know if I would read that much, but definitely 20 or so would be good to get a feel for the blog and such!

  9. Hashim April 25, 2008 at 1:24 pm #

    Thanks! I changed to 50 too for all my blogs.

  10. bilecem January 2, 2009 at 7:10 pm #

    it is realy usefull for me. After this i use more than 50 post :) .Thank you for the info

  11. LearnNowIT September 4, 2010 at 8:40 pm #

    ;-) thanks for great information it really useful for me and my blog

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