[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #52881: Recent posts widget: "Number of posts to show" option is ignored when on category pages

[WordPress Trac]

#52881: Recent posts widget: "Number of posts to show" option is ignored when on
category pages
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 Reporter:  benjaminantoni     |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Widgets            |     Version:  5.7
 Severity:  normal             |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  reporter-feedback  |     Focuses:
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Changes (by SergeyBiryukov):

 * keywords:   => reporter-feedback
 * component:  General => Widgets


Comment:

 Hi there, welcome to WordPress Trac! Thanks for the report.

 I could not reproduce the issue on a clean install. Does it still happen
 with all plugins disabled and a default theme (Twenty Twenty-One)
 activated?

 Looking at the widget code, the number of posts [source:tags/5.7/src/wp-
 includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-recent-posts.php?marks=54-57,75#L34 does
 not depend on category archives] in any way, so this seems like a plugin
 or theme using a filter like
 [https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/pre_get_posts/
 pre_get_posts] without
 [https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/pre_get_posts/#targeting-
 the-right-query targeting the right query].

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