How to Override “Blog pages show at most” in tag.php

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I’m in the middle of developing a site (http://he.leavingworkbehind.com/) which features a single post on the home page, as determined by the “Blog pages show at most” option in Settings > Reading.

However, I’ve created a tag.php page where I’d like a complete list of posts (for the relevant tag) to be displayed. I’ve managed to find the code that can create that list:

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<?php

if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

<ul class="post-tag-list">
        <li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
</ul>

<?php endwhile; endif; ?>

The list is only returning one result though — presumably because of the aforementioned “Blog pages show at most” setting.

So my question is this: how do I override this setting? To be more specific, what exact code should I insert on tag.php?

I have a feeling that I may have already seen the answer here on Stack Exchange but am too ignorant of PHP coding to implement it successfully. Your help would be much appreciated!

Cheers,

Tom

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  1. what exact code should I insert on tag.php?

    Nothing

    To alter the main query, use the pre_get_posts action, which runs before the main query and before the template is loaded. If you modify a query in the template, you’re running an additional query, which is a waste of resources.

    This would go in your theme’s functions.php, or a plugin.

    function wpa_tag_posts_per_page( $query ) {
    if( ! is_admin()
        && $query->is_tag()
        && $query->is_main_query() ) {
            $query->set( 'posts_per_page', 10 );
    }
}
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'wpa_tag_posts_per_page' );

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