Nav type=plain not working in multisite

Ok, I’m in the process of trying to debug this problem since I haven’t heard back from anyone. When I list a page for the first time, the paginate_links() returns the following (ps. I’ve also added the $base, $paged and $max_num_pages variables to the error log):

[16-Feb-2015 22:38:32 UTC] base = ?page16=%#%
[16-Feb-2015 22:38:32 UTC] paged = 1
[16-Feb-2015 22:38:32 UTC] max_num_pages = 7

[16-Feb-2015 22:38:32 UTC] <span class='page-numbers current'>1</span>
<a href='?page16=2'>2</a>
<a href='?page16=3'>3</a>
<span class="page-numbers dots">…</span>
<a href='?page16=6'>6</a>
<a href='?page16=7'>7</a>
<a href="?page16=2">Next</a>

Now when I click on page 2 link, paginate_links() lists the following:

16-Feb-2015 22:38:44 UTC] base = ?page16=%#%
[16-Feb-2015 22:38:44 UTC] paged = 2
[16-Feb-2015 22:38:44 UTC] max_num_pages = 7

[16-Feb-2015 22:38:44 UTC] <a href="?page16=2">Previous</a>
<a href='?page16=2'>1</a>
<span class='page-numbers current'>2</span>
<a href='?page16=2'>3</a>
<a href='?page16=2'>4</a>
<span class="page-numbers dots">…</span>
<a href='?page16=2'>6</a>
<a href='?page16=2'>7</a>
<a href="?page16=2">Next</a>

As you can see, the links for all pages are 2 and this is why I can’t get past the second page. If I click on page 4 to start with instead of 2, then all the links returned are 4.

I’m not sure if this is an issue with your plugin or with wordpress. As I said in my first post, the problem doesn’t seem to exist if I run a single site instead of a multisite.

Hi, Shazzad,

Thanks for getting back to me. Unfortunately my site is only running on localhost at the moment.

I managed to trace the issue to the following in wordpress’s general-template.php, around line 2680.

if ( $add_args )
	$link = add_query_arg( $add_args, $link );
	$link .= $args['add_fragment'];

It is changing the correct links with the $add_args array. WordPress generates this array by the ?page16=3 in the url.

I think what you need to do is add an empty ‘add_args’ to the array (see below in your code from the navigation() function ) you send paginate_links. This will then stop wordpress adding its default.

$return = paginate_links( array(
				'type' 		=> $nav_type,
				'base' 		=> $base,
				'format' 	=> $base,
				'current' 	=> $paged,
				'total' 	=> $max_num_pages,
				'end_size' 	=> 2,
				'mid_size' 	=> 2,
				'prev_text' => $prev_text,
				'next_text' => $next_text,
				'add_args'	=> ''
			));

When I do this, my problem is solved!

Thanks for your help.

Thanks Shazzad,

This problem has been bothering me for a few weeks. I tried looking for another plugin, but couldn’t find anything as good as yours, so I just spent a few hours isolating the issue.

I’m not sure why this problem didn’t arise on a single site compared with multisite. I can’t see anything there that would make a difference.

Anyway, I’m glad the issue is fixed.

Regards,
Adrian

I currently have one page where I have four lists with pagination and ajax=1 and have no issues with the add_args = ” All lists behave correctly and don’t lose their position as I navigate through them.

With a page that has multiple lists with pagination and ajax=0, when the page reloads when clicking a pagination link, the other lists loose their position and reset to 1. Is this what you are talking about? If so, I don’t see that an issue since the page has reloaded.

Adrian