henballs

Thanks!

Got it, thanks for all your help ya’ll!

Use is_paged() and not is_page()

Thanks, but now I just get one post per every page (home & page) after making those changes.

function limit_posts_per_page() {
    if ( is_front_page() || is_home() )
      return 'LIMIT 0, 10';
  }
  add_filter('pre_option_posts_per_page', 'limit_posts_per_page');

The The settings -> reading -> posts per page is now blank.

Hmmmmmmm

My mind is boggled. The first filter limit_posts_per_page with the if statement I tried works. But only for is_home() or is_page(). Not both. Whyyy? ??

I still get 4 posts on every single page after removing that filter and adding the one you suggested.

The settings -> reading -> posts per page -> 4 is still there.

This filter doesn’t seem to work.

Yeah I just checked the setting and it says 4.

I just tried that, the subsequent pages are also returning 10 (and not 4). Still doesn’t work.

function limit_posts_per_page() {
    if ( is_front_page() )
      return 10;
    else
      return 4;
  }
  add_filter('pre_option_posts_per_page', 'limit_posts_per_page');

I don’t get it because is_front_page() == is_page() returns false…

Hmm those seem to not work.

I get the desired effects when I do these two if statements.

if ( is_home() )
  return 10;

returns 10 posts on home page (and every other page)

then..

if ( is_page() )
  return 4;

returns 4 pages on a page (and on the home page)

So if I combine the two, it should solve my problem. But it doesn’t. This if statement only does one or the either:

if ( is_home() )
  return 10;
else
  return 4;

*sadface*

in my functions.php :

function limit_posts_per_page() {
    if ( is_home() ) // works
      return 10;
    elseif ( is_page() ) // not working??
      return 3;
    else
      return undefined;
  }
  add_filter('pre_option_posts_per_page', 'limit_posts_per_page');

Still all pages return 10 posts.

Now if I did the following, my pages would have 4 posts! which is what I want. So why won’t my original if statement work as I intend?
if ( is_page() ) {
return 4;
}

Shoot, there’s another problem

return 5; // default: 5 posts per page
isn’t working. All my pages now return 10 posts.

Trying to debug it now.

functions.php looks like

<?php add_theme_support( 'post-thumbnails' ); ?>
<?php
  function new_excerpt_more($more) {
         global $post;
    return '<br><a class="moretag" href="'. get_permalink($post->ID) . '"> Read more...</a>';
  }
  add_filter('excerpt_more', 'new_excerpt_more');

  function custom_excerpt_length( $length ) {
    return 20;
  }
  add_filter( 'excerpt_length', 'custom_excerpt_length', 999 );
  function limit_posts_per_page() {
    if ( is_home() )
      return 7;
    else
      return 3; // default: 3 posts per page
  }
  add_filter('pre_option_posts_per_page', 'limit_posts_per_page');
?>

Hi Triptripper thanks so much for the help and the link.

Is there any way to edit / add html to subsequent older “pages”

I can edit their CSS by targeting .paged in my main style sheet. But how do I edit the HTML?

Thanks Andrew.

Hey it worked thanks so much for the help!

Sorry there’s actually not an infinite loop. The problem is it seems that the get_next_post() at the end is not appearing.

<?php get_header(); ?>

<!-- start of loop -->
<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<!-- first three posts on the first page -->

<?php  if ( !is_paged() && ( $wp_query->current_post <= 2 ) ) : ?>

<?php  if ( $wp_query->current_post == 0 ) : ?>
  <div class="first_three_container">
<?php endif; ?>

<!-- do stuff for first three posts  -->
<div class="post" <?php post_class() ?>>
    <?php the_post_thumbnail( array(280,280) ); ?>
    <h2>
      <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">
        <?php the_title(); ?>
      </a>
    </h2>
    <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
</div>

<?php  if ( $wp_query->current_post == 2  ) : ?>
  </div> <!-- end first_three_container -->
<?php endif; ?>
<?php else : ?>

  <!-- do stuff for the rest of the posts -->
<div id="blog-posts" <?php post_class() ?>>
    <?php the_post_thumbnail( array(180,180) ); ?>
    <h2>
      <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">
        <?php the_title(); ?>
      </a>
    </h2>
    <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
    <span class="entry-date"><?php echo get_the_date(); ?></span>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php echo get_next_posts_link('Go to next page'); ?>