Search and Archive results are incomplete

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! ??