<!-- query -->
<?php
$paged = ( get_query_var( 'paged' ) ) ? get_query_var( 'paged' ) : 1;
$query = new WP_Query( array(
'category_name' => 'investor-news',
'posts_per_page' => 2,
'paged' => $paged
) );
?>
<?php if ( $query->have_posts() ) : ?>
<!-- begin loop -->
<?php while ( $query->have_posts() ) : $query->the_post(); ?>
<h2><a href="https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/254199/<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="Read"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
<?php echo get_the_date(); ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<!-- end loop -->
<!-- WHAT GOES HERE?????? -->
<?php wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
<?php else : ?>
<p><?php _e( 'Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.' ); ?></p>
<?php endif; ?>
I’ve tried everything to achieve pagination on this static page using the wp_query function but without any luck. There’s a comment in this script called WHAT GOES HERE?????… so what goes here?
This is on a static page that is not the front page or the posts page.
4 Answers
Replace <!-- WHAT GOES HERE?????? --> with the pagination code below:
<div class="pagination">
<?php
echo paginate_links( array(
'base' => str_replace( 999999999, '%#%', esc_url( get_pagenum_link( 999999999 ) ) ),
'total' => $query->max_num_pages,
'current' => max( 1, get_query_var( 'paged' ) ),
'format' => '?paged=%#%',
'show_all' => false,
'type' => 'plain',
'end_size' => 2,
'mid_size' => 1,
'prev_next' => true,
'prev_text' => sprintf( '<i></i> %1$s', __( 'Newer Posts', 'text-domain' ) ),
'next_text' => sprintf( '%1$s <i></i>', __( 'Older Posts', 'text-domain' ) ),
'add_args' => false,
'add_fragment' => '',
) );
?>
</div>
WordPress comes with a handy function called paginate_links() which does the heavy lifting. In the example above, the custom WP_Query object $query is used instead of the global $wp_query object.
2
I think i’m too late. but question is.. why should i write 999999999?
– MFarooqiThis is trick to get the results of
get_pagenum_link()with%#%instead of the page number (999999999).
This code is for Custom Query Pagination. You can follow the steps to create your own pagination in WordPress.
<?php
/**
* Template Name: Custom Page
*/
get_header(); ?>
<?php
$paged = ( get_query_var( 'paged' ) ) ? get_query_var( 'paged' ) : 1;
$args = array(
'posts_per_page' => 4,
'paged' => $paged
);
$custom_query = new WP_Query( $args );
?>
<!----start-------->
<div class="wrap">
<div id="primary" class="content-area">
<main id="main" class="site-main" role="main">
<?php
while($custom_query->have_posts()) :
$custom_query->the_post();
?>
<div>
<ul>
<li>
<h3><a href="https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/254199/<?php the_permalink(); ?>" ><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
<div>
<ul>
<div><a href="https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/254199/<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail('thumbnail'); ?></a></div>
</ul>
<ul>
<p><?php echo the_content(); ?></p>
</ul>
</div>
<div>
</li>
</ul>
</div> <!-- end blog posts -->
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php if (function_exists("pagination")) {
pagination($custom_query->max_num_pages);
} ?>
</main><!-- #main -->
</div><!-- #primary -->
</div><!-- .wrap -->
<!----end-------->
<?php get_footer();
Reference : https://www.wpblog.com/use-wp_query-to-create-pagination/
1
Seems function pagination does not exist, please assist
You can simply use a built-in WP function
<?
the_posts_pagination()
?>
It does the job very well with custom WP_Query
If anyone arrives here attempting to create a wp_query with pagination from inside a shortcode:
add_shortcode('wp_query_pagination_inside_shortcode', 'my_shortcode_function_tag');
if (!function_exists('my_shortcode_function_tag')) {
function my_shortcode_function_tag($atts)
{
ob_start(); // Turn output buffering on
global $paged;
$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
$atts = shortcode_atts(
array(
'post_type' => 'post',
// whatever you like
),
$atts
);
$args = array(
'posts_per_page' => 3,
'paged' => $paged,
'post_type' => $atts['post_type'],
'orderby' => 'date',
'order' => 'DESC',
);
$the_query = new WP_Query($args);
if ($the_query->have_posts()) {
while ($the_query->have_posts()) {
$the_query->the_post();
get_template_part('template-parts/loop');
} //end while
$big = 999999999; // need an unlikely integer
echo paginate_links(
array(
'base' => str_replace($big, '%#%', esc_url(get_pagenum_link($big))),
'format' => '?paged=%#%',
'current' => max(
1,
get_query_var('paged')
),
'total' => $the_query->max_num_pages //$q is your custom query
)
);
} // Pagination inside the endif
return ob_get_clean(); // Silently discard the buffer contents
wp_reset_query(); // Lets go back to the main_query() after returning our buffered content
}
}
