# De instelling "onderwerpen per periode op de bovenste pagina" werkt niet zoals verwacht
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-topics-per-period-in-top-page-setting-doesnt-work-as-expected/270162
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [30 juni 2023 om 15:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-topics-per-period-in-top-page-setting-doesnt-work-as-expected/270162 "2023-06-30T15:05:24Z")
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### Author:  [@fbpbdmin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fbpbdmin)
#### Post date: [30 juni 2023 om 15:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-topics-per-period-in-top-page-setting-doesnt-work-as-expected/270162/1 "2023-06-30T15:05:24Z")
my current setting is
- “topics per period in top page” set to 10
- “top page default timeframe”: daily
now,
when open the top topic tab, it shows daily top 10, nicely.
but when switch to another timeframe, say week,month.
it will list more than 10 posts there…
wonder if this is a bug, or expected
thanks…
found a related post: it explained a related but not the same issue I run into…
> [@Popular Topics | By Default Today](https://meta.discourse.org/t/popular-topics-by-default-today/236281/9):
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> No worries. slight_smile If you lower the topics per period in top page number to something that is less than the amount of topics for today it will allow the default to show as ‘daily’: If it is a higher number than the new topics for today it will flip to the next period that satisfies the topics per period in top page amount: (I have only created one topic on my test site in the last day) And I think topics per period in top summary also plays a r…
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### Author:  [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [30 juni 2023 om 15:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-topics-per-period-in-top-page-setting-doesnt-work-as-expected/270162/2 "2023-06-30T15:12:45Z")
there is also this setting: `topics per period in top summary`
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### Author:  [@fbpbdmin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fbpbdmin)
#### Post date: [30 juni 2023 om 15:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-topics-per-period-in-top-page-setting-doesnt-work-as-expected/270162/3 "2023-06-30T15:13:55Z")
thanks, @Lilly
I have that one set to 10 as well 🙂
see the same behavior …
actually, not sure what this “topics per period in top summary” is for,
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### Author:  [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [30 juni 2023 om 15:21 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-topics-per-period-in-top-page-setting-doesnt-work-as-expected/270162/4 "2023-06-30T15:21:02Z")
hmm playing with those settings on my forum and something does seem a bit off. i do think those settings need to be more clearly defined. 🤔
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### Author:  [@fbpbdmin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fbpbdmin)
#### Post date: [30 juni 2023 om 15:25 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-topics-per-period-in-top-page-setting-doesnt-work-as-expected/270162/5 "2023-06-30T15:25:11Z")
thanks confirming @Lilly
my understanding, if set _“topics per period in top page”_ to 10
no matter which timeframe to pick, the list should always show top 10… ?
and this is very useful/helpful for many forums as an incentive for contributors
hope dev team could address this soon ! thanks !
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### Author:  [@fbpbdmin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fbpbdmin)
#### Post date: [30 juni 2023 om 17:02 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-topics-per-period-in-top-page-setting-doesnt-work-as-expected/270162/6 "2023-06-30T17:02:47Z")
wonder where I could log an issue for this?
is there someone from dev team checking this forum ?
should move this post to `bug` category ?
thanks…
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### Author:  [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)
#### Post date: [3 juli 2023 om 12:50 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-topics-per-period-in-top-page-setting-doesnt-work-as-expected/270162/7 "2023-07-03T12:50:57Z")
Welcome, @fbpbdmin 👋
Discourse will load the next pages results one by one until it fills the page height.
Here’s an example with only 1 topic per page ( **topics per period in top page** set to **1** ):
So even if you set 10, someone with a gigantic monitor in portrait mode will likely see more than 10 topics, as it will load subsequent pages.
This is a thing from the interface due to the infinite loading feature.
If you return the JSON URL, it will return the proper number of results per page.
> [@fbpbdmin](#):
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> is there someone from dev team checking this forum ?
Yes, we do 🧑💻
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### Author:  [@fbpbdmin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fbpbdmin)
#### Post date: [3 juli 2023 om 20:50 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-topics-per-period-in-top-page-setting-doesnt-work-as-expected/270162/8 "2023-07-03T20:50:17Z")
@Canapin
thanks for your reply, yes, that explains.
while, since, the setting is for “topics per period in top page”, and it is a nice to have a top 10 (or N) only (daily/weekly/monthly…)… otherwise …
hope this could considered as a bug or feature enhancement …
thanks again.
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### Author:  [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)
#### Post date: [3 juli 2023 om 21:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-topics-per-period-in-top-page-setting-doesnt-work-as-expected/270162/9 "2023-07-03T21:01:54Z")
I’m not sure I’d classify this as a bug, but it certainly can be confusing as the number of shown posts depends on both the setting value and an external factor (the page height).
I’m also not sure what would be a use case of the **topics per period in top page** setting, as the `/top` view could be considered a topic list like any other unless there are things I’m unaware of that make this setting relevant. 🤷
I’ll move it to #Contribute > Feature for now.