Limit the number of blog posts per page

ourmode

Currently, there are 4 blog posts per page, but since our posts are so photo-heavy, they take forever to load. Ideally, we would only like to have 2 blog posts per page.

I know there is an option to change the number of blog posts (Settings > Reading > "Blog pages show at most"), but when I change this, then the number of thumbnails under "Latest blog posts" on the MAIN page is reduced as well...
We want 4 thumbnails featured on the main page, but only 2 full posts per page on the blog itself. Is this possible, or would we have to choose one over the other?

(Note: the blog we need help with is www.ourmode.ca, but it is currently offline as we're undergoing maintenance)

Thank you!

Argone

Hi ourmode,

In file front-page.php find line:

$wp_query->query(get_option('posts_per_page') . '&paged=' . $paged);

And change it to:

$wp_query->query(  'posts_per_page=4'  . '&paged=' . $paged );

Let me know if it works

With regards

ourmode

Thank you so much! This worked perfectly and was really easy to find.