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WordPress Pagination Using WP_Query

WordPress’s built-in pagination is simple to code and use. We can implement it with Previous Page and Next Page. This basic system, however, occasionally does not function with contemporary themes. Here comes the need for WP_Query. WP_Query offers built-in procedures and shortcuts for configuring The Loop, the procedure for presenting content on a particular page.

The WP_Query PHP class is used to create queries to the WordPress database and retrieve posts, pages, or other custom objects to render on the page. For WordPress theme developers looking to modify the content and design of pages, WP_Query is the preferred option. And Pagination is one of the greatest and most efficient methods for breaking up lengthy postings into manageable chunks, displaying each of the new portions in their own pages.

In this article, we will see how to render pagination using WordPress WP_Query.

Steps to render Pagination Using WP_Query

• Firstly, create a template file in the theme folder with the name CustomPage.php. Then, we must insert this code into one of the custom static pages.

  max_num_pages);
  } ?>

   
• Create a page in the admin area, then select a template.

Example

For custom query pagination, we can use the following code. We can use WordPress and the techniques below to make our own pagination.

 <?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()) :
      $custom_query->the_post();
?>
       <div>
        <ul>
         <li>
           <h3><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" ><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
        <div>
          <ul>
        <div><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail('thumbnail'); ?></a></div>
          </ul>
          <ul>
        <p><?php echo the_content(); ?></p>
          </ul>
        </div>
        <div>
          </li>
        </ul>
          </div> <!-- end blog posts -->
       <?php endwhile; ?>
      <?php if (function_exists("pagination")) {
          pagination($custom_query->max_num_pages);
      } ?>
</main><!-- #main -->
</div><!-- #primary -->
</div><!-- .wrap -->
          <!----end-------->
        <?php get_footer();

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Conclusion

In this article, we provided details on the WordPress WP_Query function and also describes the steps from our Support team to create pagination from it.