get_posts always returning the same number of posts = 5

Question

I don't understand why the code below is always displaying the same number of returned post = 5. When I change the $variable value to another post id of a post with an author with another author_id, I always get 5 returned posts, even if the authors have tens of posts. What am I doing wrong?

$variable=328;
$post = get_post($variable);

$author = get_userdata($post->post_author);

$args = array(
'author' => $author->id ); 

global $post;

$myposts = get_posts( $args );
$count= count($myposts);

echo '<pre dir="ltr">';
print_r($myposts);
echo '</pre>';

echo $count;

Your help is really apprecieted.

Answer 1

get_posts() has some defaults set, including numberposts equal to 5. Since it's not considered to be a loop by itself those are independent and not affected by admin settings.

So simply pass in arguments numberposts/posts_per_page (same thing) number for how many posts you want or -1 for all matching posts.

Answer 2

Do this and get 50 posts. Give any number what you want to return

$args = array( 'numberposts' => 50,

'author' => $author->id );