Can't get pagination links to work

  • Hi everyone!

    I’m building a blog and it almost works the way I want (so that’s great). The only thing that doesn’t work is the pagination section. I would like it to look like this:

    ? Prev 1 … 3 4 5 6 7 … 9 Next ?

    (Anything close would do fine.)

    But how?

    This is what I got thus far.

    <?php
// WP_Query arguments
$args = array (
	'post_status'            => 'publish',
	'pagination'             => true,
	'posts_per_page'         => '5',
	'order'                  => 'DESC',
	'orderby'                => 'date',
    'paged'                  => $paged,
    'base'                   => str_replace( $big, '%#%', esc_url( get_pagenum_link( $big ) ) ),
	'format'                 => '?paged=%#%',
	'current'                => max( 1, get_query_var('paged') ),
	'total'                  => $wp_query->max_num_pages,
    'before_page_number'     => '<span>Page </span>'
);

// The Query
$query = new WP_Query( $args );
$paged = ( get_query_var( 'paged' ) ) ? absint( get_query_var( 'paged' ) ) : 1;
$big = 999999999; // need an unlikely integer

// The Loop
if ( $query->have_posts() ) {
	while ( $query->have_posts() ) {
		$query->the_post();
        $cats = '';
        foreach( get_the_category( $recent["ID"] ) as $cat ) { $cats .= ' ' . $cat->slug; }
		echo '<header><h4>' .   get_the_title() . '</h4><p>'. get_the_date() . ' - <span class="icon ' .  $cats .'"></span></p></header><p>'. get_the_content() . '</p>';
    }
} else {
    echo paginate_links();
}

// Restore original Post Data
wp_reset_postdata();

?>

    I am not very familiar with php, so I hope anyone of you can find a few minutes to help me out here.

    Thanks very much in advance!

    Meindert

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  • Thread Starter MeindertHH

    (@meinderthh)

    I maybe got a little bit closer…

    <?php
// WP_Query arguments
$args = array (
	'pagination'             => true,
	'posts_per_page'         => '5',
	'order'                  => 'DESC',
	'orderby'                => 'date',
);
// the query
$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );
?>

<?php if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : ?>

	<!-- pagination here -->

	<!-- the loop -->
	<?php while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>
		<p>Title and content here</p>
	<?php endwhile; ?>
	<!-- end of the loop -->

	<!-- pagination here -->
<?php
$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
) );
?>
	<?php wp_reset_postdata(); ?>

<?php else : ?>
	<p><?php _e( 'Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.' ); ?></p>
<?php endif; ?>

    The problem is that esc_url( get_pagenum_link( $big ) ) sends me to my wordpress page. I want people to stay on my own domain. So ‘next page’ should redirect to mydomain.com/index.php?page=x.

    Anyone?

    Thanks!

    Thread Starter MeindertHH

    (@meinderthh)

    To make it a bit more clear I made this example page.

    Code used:

    <?php require('wp/wp-blog-header.php');?>

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
	<head>
    </head>
    <body>
<?php
// WP_Query arguments
$args = array (
	'pagination'             => true,
	'posts_per_page'         => '3',
	'order'                  => 'DESC',
	'orderby'                => 'date',
);
// the query
$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );
?>

<?php if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : ?>

	<!-- pagination here -->

	<!-- the loop -->
	<?php while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post();         $cats = '';
foreach( get_the_category( $recent["ID"] ) as $cat ) { $cats .= ' ' . $cat->slug; } ?>
		<header><h4><?php   the_title(); ?></h4><p><?php the_date(); ?></p></header><p><?php the_content(); ?></p>
	<?php endwhile; ?>
	<!-- end of the loop -->

	<!-- pagination here -->
<?php
$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
) );
?>
	<?php wp_reset_postdata(); ?>

<?php else : ?>
	<p><?php _e( 'Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.' ); ?></p>
<?php endif; ?>
    </body></html>

    I am very grateful if someone would help me.

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