previous_posts_link and next_posts_link do not appear in custom query

  • Resolved Reed Gustow

    (@echofoxtrot)


    11 years, 2 months ago

    I have the following code in my site. The navigation links do not appear; I only see empty div tags.

    What am I doing incorrectly? Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

    [please mark any posted code – http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Posting_Code ]

    $temp = $wp_query;
$wp_query = null;
$paged = (get_query_var ('paged') ) ? get_query_var ('paged') : 1;
$priorPosts = new WP_Query('offset=2&cat=-37&paged=' .$paged);
while($priorPosts->have_posts() ):
$priorPosts->the_post();
?>
<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<?php the_content(); ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>

<div class="paging">
<div class="right"><?php previous_posts_link(); ?></div>
<div class="left"><?php next_posts_link (); ?></div>
</div>
<?php
$wp_query = null;
$wp_query = $temp;
?>
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  • vtxyzzy

    (@vtxyzzy)

    11 years, 1 month ago

    Try changing these lines:

    $temp = $wp_query;
$wp_query = null;
$paged = (get_query_var ('paged') ) ? get_query_var ('paged') : 1;
$priorPosts = new WP_Query('offset=2&cat=-37&paged=' .$paged);
while($priorPosts->have_posts() ):
$priorPosts->the_post();

    to this:

    $temp = clone $wp_query;
$wp_query = null;
$paged = ( get_query_var('paged') ) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
query_posts('offset=2&cat=-37&paged=' .$paged);
while( have_posts() ):
   the_post();

    and this:

    $wp_query = $temp;

    to this:

    $wp_query = clone $temp;
    Thread Starter Reed Gustow

    (@echofoxtrot)

    11 years, 1 month ago

    Thanks, vtxyzzy! I will give that a shot. Much appreciated!

    Michael

    (@alchymyth)

    11 years, 1 month ago

    you have actually done fine with using WP_Query() – http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/1753/when-should-you-use-wp-query-vs-query-posts-vs-get-posts?rq=1

    for the pagination try:

    <div class="right"><?php previous_posts_link('&laquo; Previous Page', $priorPosts->max_num_pages ); ?></div>
<div class="left"><?php next_posts_link ('Next Page &raquo;', $priorPosts->max_num_pages ); ?></div>

    however, with the ‘offset’ parameter in the query, pagination will not work. you will need to find a different way of excluding the two first posts.

    Thread Starter Reed Gustow

    (@echofoxtrot)

    11 years, 1 month ago

    Hi, alchymyth. Thanks – that answers my question. Sorry to take so long to respond to your answer. Glad to know that it is not just some goof I made. I can probably do this by changing the categories on those.

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