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1. mjoanisse
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hi -
   I'm experiencing a custom 'query' pagination issue, relating to the 'posts_per_page' parameter.

   I have my 'category' template, using a custom query on the loop, with one of the parameters being 'posts_per_page'.

   When i click to next page, /page/2/ - it returns a 404 (the one I've setup).

   When i REMOVE the 'posts_per_page' parameter from this query, it works again ... (I've tested by lowering default stated in the 'reading settings' of dashboard panel.

   Any ideas / solutions? I did read this, which is a 'quick' fix, but really doesn't give me the logical reasoning to the issue.

   Cheers!

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   <?php
   $paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
   $args= array(
       'category_name' => 'News',
       'paged' => $paged
   );
   query_posts($args);
   ?>

3. mjoanisse
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thank you esmi -
   I have the pagination query in place already, which is working fine in other areas apart from category template.

   Here is what I have ..

   <?php
   		if (is_category(15)) {
   		$queried_category = 15;
   		} else if (is_category(13)) {
   		$queried_category = 13;
   		} else if (is_category(18)) {
   		$queried_category = 18;
   		}
   
   		$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1; // allow for pagination
   
   		$args = array (
   		'cat' => $queried_category,
   		//'posts_per_page' => 3,
   		'paged' => $paged
   		);
   
   		query_posts($args);
   		?>
   
           <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
           <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
           // content here
           <?php endwhile; ?>
   
           <div class="pagination">
           <?php previous_posts_link('< previous page', 0); ?>
           <?php next_posts_link('next page >', 0); ?>
           </div><!--End pagination-->
   
           <?php else : endif; ?>

4. ms-studio
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Indeed, it looks like the pagination function doesn't fully "get" that the posts_per_page parameter has changed.

   Let's say for instance that i have a category with 50 posts, and have set the default limit to 20. If i am on the category page, that would result normally in 3 paginated pages (20 + 20 + 10).

   Now, if we add a "posts_per_page=5" to the query for this category page, the pagination will show 10 pages, which seems logical (10*5 = 50).

   The 3 first pagination links will work fine, but the following ones will result in a 404 page. It looks like at some place in the command chain, the system still thinks that there are only 3 pages rather than 10.

   A smart fix for this would be highly welcome -- for now i simplify my life by using the default posts_per_page on all paginated pages, and using custom posts_per_page values only when there's no pagination needed ...

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