How can I display more than 5 items in a collection list with Webflow's business hosting plan?
TL;DR
- Increase the “Limit” in Collection List settings to display up to 100 items and disable Pagination if only 5 items are showing.
- To show more than 100 items, use multiple Collection Lists with filters and a 100-item limit each.
Webflow’s CMS limits Collection Lists to 100 items, but due to designer constraints, only 100 items total and 5 per page (by default) show when pagination is enabled. Here's how to display more than 5 items in a Collection List on the Business Hosting plan.
1. Increase the Item Limit in Designer
- Select your Collection List in the Webflow Designer.
- In the Element settings panel (the gear icon in the right sidebar), scroll to “Collection List Settings.”
- Under the “Limit Items” section:
- Set the Limit value to as high as needed (up to 100 items per list).
- You can remove the limit entirely if you want all available items (up to Webflow’s hard cap per list).
- Confirm that you’re not also using Pagination, which may impose a separate item-per-page limit.
2. Disable Pagination (if necessary)
- If you’re seeing only 5 items despite setting a higher limit, make sure Pagination is disabled:
- In the Collection List Settings, uncheck "Paginate items."
- Pagination in Webflow defaults to showing 5 items per page, which must be manually increased if used.
3. Use Multiple Collection Lists (if over 100 items needed)
- If your collection contains more than 100 items, Webflow only lets you display up to 100 per Collection List.
- To bypass this, add additional Collection Lists on the same or different page, each with:
- A Filter (e.g., "Item ID is greater than 100") to control which subset of items is shown.
- Limit set to 100.
- This manually breaks it into “pages,” though this isn’t dynamic and requires careful filtering and layout design.
4. Consider Using Pagination with Higher Limit
- If you need to show many items with better loading performance, enable Pagination and:
- Set the “Items per Page” value to a higher number (e.g., 20 or 50), up to the 100-item limit.
- Webflow supports up to 100 pages of paginated content, 100 items per page.
Summary
To show more than 5 items in a Collection List on Webflow Business Hosting, increase the “Limit” value in Collection List settings and ensure Pagination is disabled or set to a higher value. If you need to exceed 100 items, spread content across multiple filtered Collection Lists.
