The answer is in your query itself
$the_query = new WP_Query("showposts=6&orderby=date");
showposts attribute is set to 6, change it to the number you prefer.
The answer is in your query itself
$the_query = new WP_Query("showposts=6&orderby=date");
showposts attribute is set to 6, change it to the number you prefer.