Increase Recent Topics Limit in IPB Sidebar

I cannot fathom why this isn't editable by default. Content discovery being one of the keys to a forum's success.

Anyone know how to increase the limit from 5 to 10 or more?

I know there are hooks that do it. Just wanted to know how I might go about doing it myself. A hook seems wasted on something that should be a default feature from the start.

 

I have no idea how to do it(Sorry lol) but i didn't know you can't increase it. But if you are looking for a good hook i know one.

WHen I used IPB, I used the hook board index face. it was a creative way to do this and you can set the amount. It was one of my favorite hooks from IPB that i miss now with XF....

 

I guess you have to edit your hooks/boardIndexRecentTopics_*.php file and change this line:

PHP:

return $this->registry->getClass('class_forums')->hooks_recentTopics();

to:

PHP:

return $this->registry->getClass('class_forums')->hooks_recentTopics(10);

Not tested, but it should work. Unfortunately if you recache/reimport your hooks, you'll likely have to do the modification again.