Please that Feed Reader – Increase Your Recent Posts
By Ronald Huereca on Apr 2, 2008.
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
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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I’m not sure I’d read 50 posts in someones RSS feed, but it certainly is great to be able to skim over!!
Comment by BradBlogging.com - Increase Website Traffic With Easy To Follow Steps — April 4, 2008 @ 3:28 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.
Comment by Ronald Huereca — April 4, 2008 @ 4:26 pm
Done! Thanks for the tip, Ronald!
(And I’m loving the site design; beautiful and easy on the eyes–a reader’s delight!)
Comment by CircleReader — April 4, 2008 @ 5:51 pm
@CircleReader,
Thanks! I’m glad you like it. Love your Gravatar btw. Fits your site really well.
Comment by Ronald Huereca — April 4, 2008 @ 5:54 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.
Comment by Lee — April 9, 2008 @ 1:54 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.
Comment by Alex Dombroff@Fresno California Jobs — April 9, 2008 @ 2:24 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
Comment by Ronald Huereca — April 9, 2008 @ 4:48 pm
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!
Comment by Phyllis V — April 22, 2008 @ 11:18 am
[...] One extra thing you can do here is increase the number of posts showing in your feed. [...]
Pingback by Four Ways to Provide Convenience to Your Readers | The Reader Appreciation Project — April 25, 2008 @ 9:57 am
Thanks! I changed to 50 too for all my blogs.
Comment by Hashim — April 25, 2008 @ 1:24 pm
it is realy usefull for me. After this i use more than 50 post
.Thank you for the info
Comment by bilecem — January 2, 2009 @ 7:10 pm