Adding pagination to WP_Query

Question

I've got the following loop (this is on a single page, not the index.php):

$top_meta_cat_args =
    array(
    'posts_per_page' => 9,
    'post_type' => 'post',
    'meta_key' => 'top-radio',
    'meta_value' => 'top-yes',
    'post_status' => 'publish',
    'orderby' => 'date',
    'order' => 'DESC'
);

And it works perfectly. However, when I add code to take the user to the next page, nothing happens:

<a href="<?php echo get_next_posts_page_link();  ?>" class="btn-ar"> more articles</a>

This adds to the current URL: &paged=3, but the content is still the same.

I've also tried removing the echo, but nothing happens. The Codex explains about adding pagination. But I am unsure how to use this with the associative array that I exampled above.

Any help would be great.

Sam · Answer 1 · 2014-04-03T10:52:15.043

Give something like this a whirl:

<?php
// Get header
get_header(); ?>

<?php // Begin loop
$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1; 

$args = array (
  'posts_per_page' => 1,
  'paged' => $paged
); 

query_posts($args);
if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();
?>


<article>
<h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1>  
<p class="time"><?php the_time('l, F jS, Y'); ?></p>
<?php the_content(); ?>
</article>

<?php endwhile; ?>
<nav>
<ul>
<li><?php previous_posts_link('< previous page', 0); ?></li>
</li><?php next_posts_link('next page >', 0); ?></li>
</ul>
</nav>
<?php else: endif; ?>
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 03 '14 at 11:15

This is working for me. Try it and it might work for you too.

    $paged = (get_query_var("paged")) ? get_query_var("paged") : 1;
        $args = array(
            'paged' => $paged,
            'posts_per_page' =>9,
            'post_status' => 'publish',
            'orderby' => 'date',
            'order' => 'DESC'

        );


      $posts = query_posts($args); 

 <?php 
    global $post;
    if ( ! empty($posts) ) :
    foreach ($posts as $post) {
    setup_postdata($post);  
?>




      <a title="<?php echo ''.get_the_title(); ?>" href="<?php echo get_permalink($post->ID); ?>">



<?php }
else : ?>
    <p><?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?></p>
<?php endif; ?>
<<?php echo get_next_posts_link(); ?></div>
<?php echo get_previous_posts_link(); ?></div>
<?php wp_reset_postdata();?>

Adding pagination to WP_Query

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