# Infinite scrolling on homepage

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/infinite-scrolling-on-homepage/288194
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 11, 2023, 7:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/infinite-scrolling-on-homepage/288194 "2023-12-11T07:01:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![Vasan\_Cannane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/vasan_cannane/32/327994_2.png) [@Vasan\_Cannane](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Vasan_Cannane)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2023, 7:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/infinite-scrolling-on-homepage/288194/1 "2023-12-11T07:01:59Z")

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Is there anyway to limit the number of posts appear on the homepage.

Is there anyway to do pagination?

 ![Screenshot 2023-12-11 at 12.30.50 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/2/3/f/23f2be34df8b2676f27019c728e49a59c4b12e6c.jpeg)

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### Author: ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2023, 9:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/infinite-scrolling-on-homepage/288194/2 "2023-12-11T09:52:25Z")

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Front end pagination is not supported on the main Topic Lists.

By default I believe only 20 Topics are shown in the infinite scroll initially

I don’t believe this can be changed with a setting, but you could build a plugin:

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/8e373bc167e5099a527e4fb9aef59eeb6140fd13/lib/topic_view.rb#L53>

However, there’s a setting to control the number of Topics shown on the `/categories` page:

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/1/6/3/163a266ce4dd51d52487e3137ad0373909a16e70.png)

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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2023, 10:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/infinite-scrolling-on-homepage/288194/3 "2023-12-11T10:26:00Z")

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> [@Vasan\_Cannane](#):
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> Is there anyway to do pagination?

What problem are you solving? Infinite scrolling is the norm on virtually every major platform.

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### Author: ![Vasan\_Cannane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/vasan_cannane/32/327994_2.png) [@Vasan\_Cannane](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Vasan_Cannane)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/infinite-scrolling-on-homepage/288194/4 "2023-12-11T14:37:59Z")

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It is what I have been asked to do 😬

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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/infinite-scrolling-on-homepage/288194/5 "2023-12-11T15:07:30Z")

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I am pretty sure that the past decade no one who has been asked to make a paginated version has succeeded.

Here’s a recent response to a simillar request:

> [@Pagination needed for post or topic section](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pagination-needed-for-post-or-topic-section/284921/2):
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> This has cropped up a few times, but it is not something we wish to pursue. You can have a search and read some of the similar topics on it.

Here’s another such topic: [Is pagination impossible or just hard? - #3 by merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-pagination-impossible-or-just-hard/231838/3)

Some popular sites that your company may have heard of that have adapted to infinite scrollling include Facebook, LinkedIn, and `twitter.com`. Most people who were using paginated forums have switched to Discourse.

If they really want pagination they should use different software.