WordPress limit posts in category page - php

Question

This is my WordPress loop code... :)
<?php if(have_posts()) : ?>
<?php while(have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<?php if (is_category('instagram')) {?>
<?php
$__width = '225';
$__height = '225';
?>
<div id="instagram-photos">
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"class="instagram-photo">
<div class="photo"><?php custom_get_post_attachments(get_the_ID(), $__width, $__height, get_the_title()); ?> </div>
</a>
</div>
<?php }elseif(is_category('runway')) { ?>
<?php
$__width = '298';
$__height = '500';
?>
<div id="runway-category">
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" class="runway-category-posts">
<div class="photo"><?php custom_get_post_attachments(get_the_ID(), $__width, $__height, get_the_title()); ?><div class="runway-title"><?php the_title(); ?></div></div>
</a>
</div>
<?php } elseif(is_category('')){?>
<article <?php post_class(); ?>>
<div class="latest-posts">
<div class="latest-posts-info">
<div class="title"><h1><?php the_title(); ?><h1></div>
<div class="text">
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
</div>
<div class="post-share">
<div class="facebook-like" style="float:left;">
<img src="<?php echo get_template_directory_uri(); ?>/images/facebook-icon.png" />
</div>
<div class="twitter-follow" style="float:left;">
<a href="http://twitter.com/share?text=<?php the_title(); ?>&url=<?php the_permalink() ?>" target="_blank" ><img src="<?php echo get_template_directory_uri(); ?>/images/twitter-icon.png" /></a>
</div>
<div class="google-share">
<a href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=<?php the_permalink() ?>" target="_blank" ><img src="<?php echo get_template_directory_uri(); ?>/images/google-icon.png" /></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="clear"></div><div class="post-read-more">Read More</div>
<div class="clear"></div>
</div>
<div class="latest-posts-img">
<?php //echo get_the_post_thumbnail(); ?>
<?php custom_get_post_attachments(get_the_ID(), $__width, $__height, get_the_title()); ?>
</div>
<div class="clear"></div>
</div>
</article>
<?php }?>
<?php endwhile; else: ?>
<div class="content">
<p class="not-found-p">No articles found!</p>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>
As you see I have few conditions as is_category('instagram').
The thing is: I need to limit the post quantity in exact category, not at all them.
How can I do that?

Answer 1

i am uncertain if we can do this in a wordpress way .. but here is the workaround --
$no_of_posts = 5;
$post_counter = 0;
if(is_Category('instagram') && ($no_of_posts<=$post_counter)) {
// bunch of code
$post_counter++;
}
untested but something like could get you going