How to split WordPress posts into multiple pages?

Do you want to split WordPress posts into multiple pages?

Sometimes you write a long post. This can affect the loading speed. Spreading content across multiple pages is a quick solution.

Let’s see how it goes.

Why split WordPress posts?

There are various reasons to split WordPress posts. One important reason is to reduce page size. The larger the post, the larger its size, which means resources take longer to load. Splitting blog posts reduces page size and increases site loading speed. High speed is crucial for marketing, conversion, and WordPress search engine optimization.

However, this impacts the user experience. A person has to click multiple times to read a blog post. Pagination means adding the canonical tag, which Google does not always follow as intended. This can lead to duplicate issues and deindexing.

However, users open a new page to read the same post, which ultimately leads to an increase in website views. While these are vanity metrics, if you’re running Google Ads, it means more ad impressions and money.

NOTE: You should have a good reason when you think about it. If site speed is an issue, switching to managed WordPress hosting would be the better option.

How to split WordPress posts into multiple pages without a plugin?

WordPress has the built-in feature to split posts into as many pages as you want. You don’t need to install a WordPress plugin to do this. You can use the Page Break block in the content editor.

While editing WordPress content, click the plus (+) button to open the blocks. Select the Page Break block from the list.

The page breaks at the point where you insert the page break. The content after the page break appears on the next page.

If you use the classic editor, you must use tags.

Click on the “Text” option to open the coded text area. There you will find some HTML – but easy to understand. Go to the text after which you want to start a new page and add the tag.

The same can be done via a visual view. Press Alt + Shift + Pwhich automatically adds the “Next Page” tag.

Update or publish the post and you will see the page numbering at the bottom of the blog post.

How to split WordPress posts into multiple pages using a plugin?

If you don’t want to do this manually, you can install a WordPress plugin to split WordPress posts into multiple pages.

Install Automatically Paginate Posts plugin from plugin repository. It is easy to use and safe with latest WordPress.

On the settings page you will find the different content sections. Posts, pages, templates, documents, etc.

You can select all or any of them. After that, you need to choose a way to paginate WordPress posts.

• Total number of pages: Number of pages you want to split the post into.
• Words per page: Maximum number of words that can be displayed on a page.

Finally, click the Save Changes button to save the changes.

Closing words

Dividing the post into pages has both advantages and disadvantages. But you must not overdo it. Analyze your website and your audience to use the tag efficiently.

I hope this article helped you to split WordPress post into pages, if you face any problem, feel free to leave it in the comments.