I am making a pagination for this website by using a custom query and get_next_posts_link, get_previous_posts_link. The problem is that the link to older entries (get_next_posts_link) only works once, meaning that if I click on it the second time, it will always lead to the home page, this is weird because when I inspect the link, the href attribute is: http://localhost:8888/athena/event/page/3.
There are 7 pages according to the variable $queryObject->max_num_pages
A small screen capture video to show what I mean (27 seconds long):
https://www.useloom.com/share/f8f9ecac9dd54a49aa3613f9c0f5c9f9
Here’s my code:
<!-- section list events-->
<?php
if(get_query_var('paged')){
$paged = get_query_var('paged');
} elseif (get_query_var('page')) {
$paged = get_query_var('page');
} else {
$paged = 1;
}
$query_args = array(
'post_type' => 'event',
'posts_per_page' => 3,
'paged' => $paged
);
$queryObject = new WP_Query($query_args);
?>
<section class="block-list-events">
<div class="container">
<div style="color: #000;">
<?php var_dump($queryObject->found_posts); ?>
</div>
<div class="list-events">
<?php if ($queryObject->have_posts()): while ($queryObject->have_posts()) : $queryObject->the_post(); ?>
<div class="item clearfix">
<div class="img tbl pull-left">
<div class="tbl-cell date">
<p><?php the_time('Y M') ?></p>
<p><span><?php the_time('j') ?></span></p>
</div>
<div class="tbl-cell img-a">
<a href="https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/265783/<?php echo get_the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><img src="<?php the_post_thumbnail_url('event-single'); ?>" width="530" height="300" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>"/></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="info pull-left">
<p class="tag"><?php the_field('label'); ?></p>
<h4><a href="https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/265783/<?php echo get_the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h4>
<p class="desc"><?php echo excerpt(25); ?></p>
<div class="button-view-detail">
<a class="btn btn-3" href="https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/265783/<?php echo get_the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>">View Details</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<?php endwhile; ?>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>
<div class="clearfix">
<!-- Pagination -->
<?php if ($queryObject->max_num_pages > 1) { // check if the max number of pages is greater than 1 ?>
<nav class="prev-next-posts">
<div class="prev-posts-link">
<?php echo get_next_posts_link( 'Older Entries', $queryObject->max_num_pages ); // display older posts link ?>
</div>
<div class="next-posts-link">
<?php echo get_previous_posts_link( 'Newer Entries', $queryObject->max_num_pages ); // display newer posts link ?>
</div>
</nav>
<?php } ?>
</div>
</section>
<!-- /end of section list events -->
</main>
<?php wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
As suggested by @amit, I’ve updated my code but still the result is the same as before:
<!-- section list events-->
<?php
if(get_query_var('paged')){
$paged = get_query_var('paged');
} elseif (get_query_var('page')) {
$paged = get_query_var('page');
} else {
$paged = 1;
}
$query_args = array(
'post_type' => 'event',
'numberposts' => -1,
'posts_per_page' => 3,
'paged' => $paged
);
$queryObject = new WP_Query($query_args);
// Pagination fix
$temp_query = $wp_query;
$wp_query = NULL;
$wp_query = $queryObject;
?>
<section class="block-list-events">
<div class="container">
<div style="color: #000;">
<?php var_dump($queryObject->found_posts); ?>
</div>
<div class="list-events">
<?php if ($queryObject->have_posts()): while ($queryObject->have_posts()) : $queryObject->the_post(); ?>
<div class="item clearfix">
<div class="img tbl pull-left">
<div class="tbl-cell date">
<p><?php the_time('Y M') ?></p>
<p><span><?php the_time('j') ?></span></p>
</div>
<div class="tbl-cell img-a">
<a href="https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/265783/<?php echo get_the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><img src="<?php the_post_thumbnail_url('event-single'); ?>" width="530" height="300" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>"/></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="info pull-left">
<p class="tag"><?php the_field('label'); ?></p>
<h4><a href="https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/265783/<?php echo get_the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h4>
<p class="desc"><?php echo excerpt(25); ?></p>
<div class="button-view-detail">
<a class="btn btn-3" href="https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/265783/<?php echo get_the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>">View Details</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<?php endwhile; ?>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php
// Reset postdata
wp_reset_postdata();
?>
<div class="clearfix">
<!-- Pagination -->
<?php if ($queryObject->max_num_pages > 1) { // check if the max number of pages is greater than 1 ?>
<nav class="prev-next-posts">
<div class="prev-posts-link">
<?php echo get_next_posts_link( 'Older Entries', $queryObject->max_num_pages ); // display older posts link ?>
</div>
<div class="next-posts-link">
<?php echo get_previous_posts_link( 'Newer Entries' ); // display newer posts link ?>
</div>
</nav>
<?php } ?>
</div>
</section>
<!-- /end of section list events -->
</main>
<?php
// Reset main query object
$wp_query = NULL;
$wp_query = $temp_query;
?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
2 Answers
Pagination is unlikely to work on anything which is not the main query and there is not much point to try to force it to work in other places. Use pre_get_posts filter if modifying the main query will give you good results, otherwise just invent your own pagination scheme that do not use the same parameters as wordpress.
