Increasing number of posts in my loop…

Hello,

I am looking to increase the number of posts displayed as ‘Latest Post’ in the loop to 6 or any number. The site is https://www.lurkerspath.com, and I basically want to keep the excerpt style but increase the number of posts. Any ideas how I can go about this?

All help is greatly appreciated.

and my code is..

<?php get_header(); ?>
<?php global $woo_options; ?>
		<div id="topbanner" class="column span-14" style="background-image:url(<?php header_image(); ?>)">
            <div class="pagetitle">
<div id="navmenu">
<ul>
<?php wp_list_categories('exclude=1,7&title_li='); ?>
</ul>
</div>
                <?php echo $woo_options['woo_pageheading_prefix'] . $woo_options['woo_pageheading_home']; ?>
            </div>
        </div> 

        <div id="home_content" class="column span-14">
 <?php include (ABSPATH . '/wp-content/plugins/featured-content-gallery/gallery.php'); ?>

            <div id="home_left" class="column span-7 first">

				<?php
				while (have_posts()) : the_post();

				$do_not_duplicate = $post->ID; ?>

				<div id="latest_post">
					<h3 class="mast"><?php _e('Latest Post','woothemes'); ?></h3>

					<div id="latest_post_image">
					<?php woo_image('width=470&height=210'); ?>
					</div>

					<h3 class="latest_post_title" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php _e('Permanent Link to','woothemes');?> <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>

					<p><?php if ( $woo_options['woo_post_content_home'] == "true" ) the_content(); else the_excerpt(); ?></p>

					<div class="latest_post_meta">
						<span class="latest_read_on"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php _e('Continue Reading','woothemes'); ?></a></span>
						<span class="latest_comments"><?php comments_popup_link(__('Post a comment', 'woothemes'), __('One comment', 'woothemes'), '% comments', '', __('Comments off', 'woothemes')); ?></span>
						<?php $cat = get_the_category(); $cat = $cat[0]; ?>
						<span class="latest_category"><a href="<?php echo get_category_link($cat->cat_ID);?>"><?php echo $cat->cat_name; ?></a></span>
					</div>

				</div>

				<?php
				break;
				endwhile; ?>

				<div id="home_featured">

					<?php

                    $limit = $woo_options['woo_featured_limit'];

                    if ($limit > 0):

					?>

					<h3 class="home_featured"><?php echo $woo_options['woo_featured_heading']; ?></h3>

					<?php
					$feat_id = get_cat_id($woo_options['woo_featured_category']);
					$limit = $woo_options['woo_featured_limit'];
					$the_query = new WP_Query("cat=$feat_id&showposts=$limit");

					while ($the_query->have_posts()) : $the_query->the_post();

					$do_not_duplicate = $post->ID; ?>

					<div class="feat_content">

						<?php woo_image("width=65&height=65"); ?>

						<div class="feat_title"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php _e('Permanent Link to','woothemes');?> <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></div>

						<div class="feat_exc">
							<?php if ( $woo_options['woo_post_content_home'] == "true" ) the_content(); else the_excerpt(); ?>
						</div>

					</div>

					<?php endwhile; ?>
					<?php endif; ?>

				</div>
				<?php
				$limit = $woo_options['woo_updates_limit'];
				$the_query = new WP_Query("post_type=updates&showposts=$limit"); 

				if($the_query->have_posts()) :
				?>

				<div id="home_asides">

					<h3 class="mast"><?php echo $woo_options['woo_updates_heading']; ?></h3>

					<ul class="arrow">

						<?php
						while ($the_query->have_posts()) : $the_query->the_post();

						$do_not_duplicate = $post->ID; ?>

						<li><?php echo strip_tags(get_the_content(), '<a>'); ?> <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php _e('Permanent Link to','woothemes');?> <?php the_title(); ?>">#</a></li>

						<?php endwhile; ?>
					</ul>
				</div>
				<?php endif; ?>
            </div>            

            <div id="home_right" class="column span-7 last">
            	<?php if(!empty($woo_options['woo_home_heading']) && !empty($woo_options['woo_home_text'])){ ?>
            	<div id="home_about">

					<?php if (!empty($woo_options['woo_home_heading'])) { ?><h3 class="mast3"><?php echo $woo_options['woo_home_heading']; ?></h3><?php } ?>
					<?php if (!empty($woo_options['woo_home_text'])) { ?><p><?php echo $woo_options['woo_home_text']; ?><p><?php } ?>		

				</div>
				<?php } ?>

				<div class="column span-4 last">

					<?php if ( !function_exists('woo_sidebar')
					        || !woo_sidebar('middle_sidebar') ) : ?>

					<?php endif; ?>

            	</div>

                <?php get_sidebar(); ?>         

            </div>

        </div>    

<?php get_footer(); ?>

Thank you for reading.