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Bob Sutherton
Bob Sutherton
20,160 Points
Posted by Bob Sutherton
Bob Sutherton
20,160 Points

Paginating a custom post type list in WordPress?

The WordPress site I am building has a custom post type for each page. On each page, is a list of the posts that correspond to the custom post type for that page.

I am trying to get pagination for each of these pages and their custom post type posts lists.

I have tried using the standard approaches like:

posts_nav_link();

next_posts_link();
previous_posts_link();

All I can figure is that these are not compatible when you are looping custom post types. What do you think?

5 Answers

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,148 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,148 Points

I've always had good luck following the below article to paginate custom post types. It is a bit more tricky.

http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/paginate_links

Bob Sutherton
Bob Sutherton
20,160 Points
Bob Sutherton
Bob Sutherton
20,160 Points

Thanks Kevin. I'll give it the old college try.

Bob Sutherton
Bob Sutherton
20,160 Points
Bob Sutherton
Bob Sutherton
20,160 Points

I haven't been able to do anything with it so far.

Bob Sutherton
Bob Sutherton
20,160 Points
Bob Sutherton
Bob Sutherton
20,160 Points

UPDATE: I was able to get the buttons to appear at the bottom of the page but they only show the same page and posts over and over again.

<?php
$args = array (
    'post_type' => 'bhagavan'
);

$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );
?>

<?php if (have_posts()) : while ($the_query->have_posts()) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>
    <div class="wrapper">
        <div class="excerpt">
            <div id="featz"><img src="<?php the_field('featured_image'); ?>" class="feat-img"></div>
                <h3><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
                <p><?php the_excerpt(); ?></p>
        </div>
    </div>

<?php endwhile; ?>

<?php
    $big = 999999999; // need an unlikely integer

    echo paginate_links( array(
        'base' => str_replace( $big, '%#%', esc_url( get_pagenum_link( $big ) ) ),
        'format' => '/page/%#%',
        'current' => max( 1, get_query_var('paged') ),
        'total' => $the_query->max_num_pages
    ) );
?>


<?php else: ?>

    <p>There are no posts or pages here.</p>

<?php endif; ?>
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,148 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,148 Points

How many posts are in that loop, and how many posts are set to display per page in your WP settings?

Bob Sutherton
Bob Sutherton
20,160 Points
Bob Sutherton
Bob Sutherton
20,160 Points

Hey Kevin, my reading settings are at 10 posts per page. 5 pages are showing up on the actual page, and there are I think 23 custom posts of that type.

Kostas Oreopoulos
Kostas Oreopoulos
15,184 Points
Kostas Oreopoulos
Kostas Oreopoulos
15,184 Points

If anyone still has any problems with pagination a suberb article on it can be found here

basically , next_posts_links do not work with static pages (that get content through page templates). You have to use get_next_posts_links.

The article explains it in great detail and even create a great pagination function for everything.

Bob Sutherton
Bob Sutherton
20,160 Points
Bob Sutherton
Bob Sutherton
20,160 Points

Awesome, thanks for sharing it!