query_post showposts in two different loops both on the same page

you would use query and showposts

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Template_Tags/query_posts#Post_.26_Page_Parameters

Ok, so now I did this:

<?php
   if(in_category('10')) {
      query_posts("showposts=10");
   }
   elseif(in_category('1')) {
      query_posts("showposts=5");
   }
?>

But it’s still showing six posts in cat 1 and four posts in cat 10. Hmm…

Edit: Should this be instead of the loop? It’s currently outside the regular loop, just added the code.

replace the loop

this is an example

<?php query_posts('cat=10&showposts=10'); ?>

<ul>
  <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
  <li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
  <?php endwhile;?>
</ul>

from here

You did it! Thanks! Congratulations on being my new favorite person ??

Glad it worked out! ??