Page List: allow a maximum number option

[annezazu]

What problem does this address?

As part of the eleventh call for testing for the FSE Outreach program, feedback came in from a WP Tavern article around a desire to set a max number of pages shown:

I started by removing the Page List block from the Navigation menu in the header. I have 90+ pages on my install, and it is always irritating when themes list them all by default.

Later, in the comments, a few other folks chimed in:

At the moment the Page List, although not ideal, seems the best compromise. A small snippet of CSS could limit the displayed page list menu items, but when we want to get away from themes adding stuff like this and let core/gutenberg handle it, a maximum number option would be a great thing to have.

The Gutenberg team couldn’t be convinced to change this. Another missed opportunity for improving themes.

What is your proposed solution?

Similar to #29585 allow an option for a max number of pages shown.

[talldan]

For anyone looking to pick this up, this is already half implemented (the block has an __unstableMaxPages attribute), but it only affects how the block appears on the front-end and not the pages shown in the editor. There's also no way to set a value in the editor.

#36877 has more info.

[talldan]

The Gutenberg team couldn’t be convinced to change this. Another missed opportunity for improving themes.

What's the background on this? I don't think I've ever seen anyone be disparaging of feature requests for Page List as described here, but maybe I missed a conversation.

[annezazu]

Thanks SO much for connecting the dots here!

What's the background on this? I don't think I've ever seen anyone be disparaging of feature requests for Page List as described here, but maybe I missed a conversation.

Ah apologies. This comment referenced this previous issue: #36721