Shorten pagination (#12408)

This reduces the amount of pages shown by default.


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Author: ericholscher

readthedocs/settings/base.py

@@ -128,6 +128,11 @@ def SHOW_DEBUG_TOOLBAR(self):
     SECURE_REFERRER_POLICY = "strict-origin-when-cross-origin"
     X_FRAME_OPTIONS = "DENY"
 
+    # Pagination
+    # Only show 1 page on either side of the current page
+    PAGINATION_DEFAULT_WINDOW = 1
+    # Only show 1 page at the beginning and end 
+    PAGINATION_DEFAULT_MARGIN = 1
 
     # Read the Docs
     READ_THE_DOCS_EXTENSIONS = ext