While similar instances of there being only a small number items to view in both the New and in the Recent parts of the website have occurred in the
past, I'm more interested in what causes it?
If you are referring to the New Posts and
Recent posts page your browser may not have loaded the pages properly.
There are not a limited amount of threads on either of these pages, or in other words, the page will continue to load threads as long as you scroll
down. So there will never be just 11 items on either of these pages under normal circumstances.