(+) button to open the blocks. Select the Page Break block from the list.

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The place you will add the Page Break, the page will break. The content after the Page Break will be displayed on the next page.

If you are using the Classic Editor, you have to use <!––nextpage––> tag.

Click on the ‘Text’ option to open the coded text area. There you will find some HTML – however easily understandable. Go to the text after which you want to start a new page, and add the tag.

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The same thing can be done through a Visual view. Press Alt + Shift + P, which will automatically add the Next Page tag.

Update or Publish the post, and you will see the pagination at the bottom of the blog post.

How to Split WordPress Posts into Multiple Pages Using a Plugin?

If you do not want to do it manually, you can install a WordPress plugin to split WordPress posts into multiple pages.

<a href=“https://serverguy.com/wordpress/how-to-install-a-wordpress-plugin/\” data-type=“post” data-id=“62841”>Install the Automatically Paginate Posts plugin from the plugin repository. It is easy to use and safe with the latest WordPress.

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On the setting page, you will find the different section of content. Post, pages, templates, docs etc.

You can select all of them or anyone. After that, you must pick a way to paginate the WordPress posts.

  • Total Number of Pages: Number of Pages you wish to divide the Post.- Words per Page: Maximum number of Words to present on a Page.

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

Final Words

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

I hope this article helped you in splitting the WordPress post into pages. If you encounter any issue, feel free to comment it down.