Blog Columns

Hi there,

you would need to adjust the posts per page to “even” out the columns just for the first or subsequent pages.

First in Settings > Reading set the Posts per Page to 11
This will fill the rows for your home page.

Then add this PHP Snippet to your site, and it will reduced Page 2 onwards to 9 pages, so it evens out those rows too.

add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'sk_query_offset', 1 );
function sk_query_offset( &$query ) {
        if ( is_admin() ) {
            return;
        }

	// Before anything else, make sure this is the right query...
	if ( ! ( is_main_query() ) ) {
		return;
	}

        // Don't do anything to Elements.
        if ( 'gp_elements' === $query->get( 'post_type' ) ) {
            return;
        }

	// First, define your desired offset...
	$offset = -2;

	// Next, determine how many posts per page you want (we'll use WordPress's settings)
	$ppp = get_option( 'posts_per_page' );

	// Next, detect and handle pagination...
	if ( $query->is_paged ) {

		// Manually determine page query offset (offset + current page (minus one) x posts per page)
		$page_offset = $offset + ( ( $query->query_vars['paged']-1 ) * $ppp );

		// Apply adjust page offset
		$query->set( 'offset', $page_offset );

	}
	else {

		// This is the first page. Set a different number for posts per page
		$query->set( 'posts_per_page', $offset + $ppp );

	}
}

add_filter( 'found_posts', 'sk_adjust_offset_pagination', 1, 2 );
function sk_adjust_offset_pagination( $found_posts, $query ) {
        if ( is_admin() ) {
            return;
        }

	// Define our offset again...
	$offset = -2;
	//get posts per page from WP settings
	$ppp = get_option( 'posts_per_page' );
	$real_page_numbers =ceil(($found_posts - $ppp - $offset) / $ppp) + 1;

	// Ensure we're modifying the right query object...
	if ( is_main_query() && ! is_paged() ) {
		// Reduce WordPress's found_posts count by the offset...
		return $real_page_numbers * ($ppp + $offset);
	}
	 return $real_page_numbers * $ppp;
	
}

Which query loop on the front page is affected?

If you do not want the code to affect the front page, try changing this:

if ( is_admin() ) {
      return;
}

to

if ( is_admin() || is_front_page()  ) {
            return;
}

Please note that there’re 2 pieces of this code, so you need to modify both.

Is the snippet active right now? I’m asking because I’m seeing 11 posts on page 2.

It’s supposed to be 9 posts with the snippet on.

Let me know 🙂

Try changing the offset value to 2, instead of -2.

And set posts per page at settings >reading to 9 instead of11.

I noticed that a query loop used at the end of the blog template to show related posts also increase to 11, when originally was set to 3 posts.

What is the URL?

Let me know 🙂

I see, try change this condition

if ( is_admin() || is_front_page()  ) {
            return;
}

to

if ( is_admin() || is_front_page() || is_single() ) {
            return;
}

Let me know if this helps!