Title: Posts per page
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Posts per page

 *  [readthetype](https://wordpress.org/support/users/readthetype/)
 * (@readthetype)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-per-page-9/)
 * First time here, no idea what I’m doing.
 * I cannot change the number of posts per page. It is not the blog page but a different
   one that I created to publish post content to as opposed to writing on it directly
   on the page.
 * I’ve been at it for 3h now and nothing seems to happen.
 * Anyone?

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 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-per-page-9/#post-1477443)
 * dashboard – settings – reading
    you set it there
 *  Thread Starter [readthetype](https://wordpress.org/support/users/readthetype/)
 * (@readthetype)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-per-page-9/#post-1477448)
 * Does not work. That changes the blog page, not the other one.
 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-per-page-9/#post-1477454)
 * can you elaborate a bit more on what “the other one” might be? Do you have a 
   custom [loop ](http://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop)running there? If so, perhaps
   sharing a bit of the code on that page would be helpful.
 *  Thread Starter [readthetype](https://wordpress.org/support/users/readthetype/)
 * (@readthetype)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-per-page-9/#post-1477460)
 * I don’t know what Loop is, so I’m pretty sure I’m not using it.
 * My site is readthetype.com.
 * I don’t know what version of WP or Headway I’m running as I did not set this 
   up.
 * I created a discussion page. It was originally a page of content, but I was instructed
   to turn it into a page of posts, like the blog page, to allow for more flexibility.
   So, on the discussion page I wrote:
 * [catlist id=6 excerpt=yes]
 * Then, I made a new post category called “Discussion.”
 * To add content to the Discussion page, I now make a post and mark it as Discussion.
 * However, it only show’s the most 5 recent. When I add one, it removes another.
   And, it was only showing a 1 line hyperlink of the title. No content.
 * Changing the reading settings does not influence this Discussion page. Only the
   Blog page.
 * I installed “Custom Post Limits” plugin and that did nothing.
 * I started fooling around with Headway, which I think might be buggy and the reason
   for my problem. I changed some of the leaf settings and it did everything from
   delete all my posts to put them all on the wrong page. Very inconsistent.
 * By sheer accident, I managed to get it so that the Discussion page would show
   more than 5 posts, and the beginning of the post content.
 * **Question**:
    If I create a page that want to add content to as posts, not static
   content by making a page, adding the code:
 * [catlist id=6 excerpt=yes]
 * (changing the id), how do I make the page show more than 5 posts and include 
   the first few lines of the post content?

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [readthetype](https://wordpress.org/support/users/readthetype/)
 * Last activity: [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/posts-per-page-9/#post-1477460)
 * Status: not resolved

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