Tetrakern
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5 months ago You can increase the number of chapters per page under Settings > Reading > Blog pages show at most. The list templates all use this setting. Alternatively, you can use the fictioneer_filter_chapters_query_args filter to change the posts_per_page argument to any number you like, not affecting other queries.
Adding a new variant of the Chapters template would be a commission, but I believe even that is unnecessary. You can closely achieve what you want already with the fictioneer_latest_chapters shortcode (working example on the demo site). Just make a new page, add the shortcode with the parameters you like (e.g. count="30" and type="compact", 5.18.0 will add seamless for horizontal cards as well) and there you go. A compact grid view of the latest chapters. Only downside is that it will not have any sorting, filtering, or pagination.
If that does not work for your requirements, feel free to contact me.
I want to suggest a more compact-view for Chapters Page template. The reason I'm suggesting this because the current template can only show around 10 latest/updated chapters max which proves not to be as convenient if you have around 30+ chapters updated everyday. Is it possible to have a compact version of it? Like getting rid of the metadatas, cover image and only list out the titles, its respective stories they are under and their published date? It's much easier for readers to have an overview of what series' chapters are already being released at a glance.