Yes! Go to your Articles Container. Click the Advanced Settings tab at the top. On the left hand side, Click "Latest Posts". There is a field there labeled "Latest Articles to Show:". Change it to '1'.
When changing properties of Articles Containers in the back-end, don't forget to Clear the Cache. That way it will propogate the new behavior.
Ok, perfect, thank you! Is there a way to display just one of the latest post on the start page and then for example five of them on the other pages?
Yes, you can! All posts are Resources, so you can use a getResources call and set the limit.
[[!getResource?
&parents=`X` //<-- Set this to your Article Container ID
&tpl=`chunk` // <-- Set this to the Row Chunk for a Latest Post
&limit=`30` // <-- Set this to the desired number
&sortby=`publishedon`
&sortbydir=`DESC`
Yes, you can! All posts are Resources, so you can use a getResources call and set the limit.
[[!getResource?
&parents=`X` //<-- Set this to your Article Container ID
&tpl=`chunk` // <-- Set this to the Row Chunk for a Latest Post
&limit=`30` // <-- Set this to the desired number
&sortby=`publishedon`
&sortbydir=`DESC`