Open your theme’s functions.php
Add the following on a new line after the very first <?php tag at the top of the file..
function search_results_per_page( $query ) {
if( $query->is_search )
$query->set( 'posts_per_page' , 10 );
return $query;
}
add_filter( 'pre_get_posts' , 'search_results_per_page' );
So the top of the file now looks like this..
<?php
function search_results_per_page( $query ) {
if( $query->is_search )
$query->set( 'posts_per_page' , 10 );
return $query;
}
add_filter( 'pre_get_posts' , 'search_results_per_page' );
Feel free to adjust 10 to the desired amount per page..
The function above basically sets the posts per page to 10 (or whatever you want), whenever it’s a search, else it just returns (does nothing)..
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Excellent! It worked. Thank you. 🙂
Do you know if there is a similar function I can call to increase the results to 10 (or whatever) when using the Archive drop-down in the sidebar and also when clicking on a tag or category?
Thanks again for the quick, easy fix for search results!
Switch statement would be fine, just update the above function..
function search_results_per_page( $query ) {
switch( true ) {
case ( $query->is_search ) :
$query->set( 'posts_per_page' , 10 );
break;
case ( $query->is_archive ) :
$query->set( 'posts_per_page' , 20 );
break;
case ( $query->is_category ) :
$query->set( 'posts_per_page' , 30 );
break;
}
return $query;
}
..assuming you want to use differing values..
Else if they’re going to have the same value, then something like…
function search_results_per_page( $query ) {
switch( true ) {
case ( $query->is_search || $query->is_archive || $query->is_category ) :
$query->set( 'posts_per_page' , 10 );
break;
}
return $query;
}
If you’re doing this for “ALL” pages though, then it would be easier to just set the “Blog pages show at most” setting via Admin > Settings > Reading ..
It worked! Thank you so much! 🙂
