Show different number of posts on second page of category

Question

On the first page of a specific category, I want WordPress to show 4 posts per page. On the following pages, however, I'd like to have 6 posts per page. I tried using a conditional query (see below), but this completely screwed up the number of posts per page...

$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;                 
if ($paged == 1) {                              
    query_posts("posts_per_page=4&category_name=Neuigkeiten&paged=$paged");
}
elseif ($paged > 1) {
    query_posts("posts_per_page=6&category_name=Neuigkeiten&paged=$paged");
}

This leads to 3 posts being displayed in a wrong order. There's probably a stupid mistake in there, but I can't figure it out. Echoing the $paged variable works just fine.

Answer 1

One way to do it is use WordPress › Custom Post Limits « WordPress Plugins. That plugin gives options for individual categories, first page and pages, archives and search results without needing custom loops in template files.

Answer 2

Refer this link:

http://wpdevelopertips.com/different-number-of-posts-in-pagination-pages/

It will show the code to show different number of posts in the second pagination pages onwards.