diff --git a/xsl/atom.xsl b/xsl/atom.xsl
index 98d66db11..92779e8c0 100644
--- a/xsl/atom.xsl
+++ b/xsl/atom.xsl
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
               indent="yes"/>
 
   <xsl:variable name="baseurl">https://www.c3d2.de/</xsl:variable>
+  <xsl:variable name="maxitems">10</xsl:variable>
 
   <xsl:template match="news">
     <feed xml:lang="de">
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@
       <xsl:for-each select="newsfile">
         <xsl:sort select="date:seconds(document(.)/item/@date)" data-type="number" order="descending" />
         <xsl:variable name="newsfile" select="."/>
-        <xsl:if test="(position() &lt;= 10) and
+        <xsl:if test="(position() &lt;= $maxitems) and
                       starts-with(substring-after(substring-after($newsfile, '/'), '/'), $prefix)">
           
           <xsl:for-each select="document($newsfile)/item">
diff --git a/xsl/podcast.xsl b/xsl/podcast.xsl
index 1b27328d2..0b49538e8 100644
--- a/xsl/podcast.xsl
+++ b/xsl/podcast.xsl
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
   <xsl:include href="common.xsl" />
 
   <xsl:variable name="baseurl">http://www.c3d2.de/</xsl:variable>
+  <xsl:variable name="maxitems">23</xsl:variable>
   <xsl:param name="selection" select="''"/>
 
   <xsl:template match="news">
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@
 
         <xsl:for-each select="newsfile">
           <xsl:sort select="date:seconds(document(.)/item/@date)" data-type="number" order="descending" />
-	  <xsl:if test="position() &lt;= 23">
+	  <xsl:if test="position() &lt;= $maxitems">
 	    <xsl:choose>
 	      <xsl:when test="($selection = 'pentaradio' or $selection = 'pentamedia') and
 			      starts-with(., 'content/news/pentaradio') and
diff --git a/xsl/rss.xsl b/xsl/rss.xsl
index c17e2b9b4..255187a60 100644
--- a/xsl/rss.xsl
+++ b/xsl/rss.xsl
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
               indent="yes"/>
 
   <xsl:variable name="baseurl">https://www.c3d2.de/</xsl:variable>
+  <xsl:variable name="maxitems">10</xsl:variable>
 
   <xsl:template match="news">
     <xsl:element name="rss">
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@
         <xsl:for-each select="newsfile">
           <xsl:sort select="date:seconds(document(.)/item/@date)" data-type="number" order="descending" />
           <xsl:variable name="newsfile" select="."/>
-          <xsl:if test="(position() &lt;= 10) and
+          <xsl:if test="(position() &lt;= $maxitems) and
                         starts-with(substring-after(substring-after($newsfile, '/'), '/'), $prefix)">
             
             <xsl:apply-templates select="document(.)/item">