How to get the default post per page value in WordPress?

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Can anyone tell me how can I retrieve the default value of Post per page? The value I set in

wp-admin->settings->reading

Let me explain, I am writing a custom query using wp_query() where I can set posts_per_page, I want to set the value based on the default WordPress setting.

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Any settings you save are stored in the wp_options table. And you can get them with get_option() function. You can get the default post per page from the setting with the below code.

$posts_per_page = get_option( 'posts_per_page' );

For more details, you can check the reference below